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Peer support, well-known in addiction treatment, is gaining ground for people with serious mental illness. Texas and 35 other states are training and paying peer support specialists to help bridge a gap in mental health treatment.
Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well.
Dr. Jerome Adams is the health commissioner in Indiana, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence.
Treatment for opioid addiction can be expensive and difficult to coordinate. That might make some people tempted to think they can overcome the addiction on their own. This rarely works.
In a county where cows outnumber people and most voters supported Donald Trump, a coalition of health clinics is driven to defend the health law.
Current law requires all health insurance sold on the exchanges to cover 10 essential benefits 鈥 with no annual or lifetime limits to reimbursement. But the GOP plan might let states reinstate limits.
On NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, KHN's Elisabeth Rosenthal answers questions about the high cost of U.S. health care, while NPR's Gisele Grayson addresses how the Senate bill to replace the Affordable Care Act would change the system.
It's too early to know just how many veterans聽might lose coverage聽as a result of the Medicaid reductions wrapped into the Republicans' repeal effort. But many already feel boxed in.
Since 2010, at least 79 rural hospitals have closed across the country, and nearly 700 more are at risk of closing. The Republican repeal of the health law could hasten their demise.
Once-fatal childhood diseases, like cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease and sickle cell anemia, now can be survived into adulthood. But when those patients become too old to see pediatricians, it can be difficult for them to find physicians familiar with their conditions.
The U.S. government has been struggling to balance a surge in applicants for disability benefits with shrinking funds. An updated application process could make getting benefits even harder.
In Pennsylvania alone, 124,000 people received drug or alcohol addiction treatment through Medicaid. Republicans in Congress want to cut Medicaid by as much as $800 billion over the next decade, leaving people in recovery wondering what will happen to their treatment.
Across the U.S., the number of teenagers having babies has hit a record low 鈥 it鈥檚 down to about 1 out of every 45 young women. That trend hasn鈥檛 extended to certain parts of Texas, however, where the teen birth rate is still nearly twice the national average.
At least 500 terminally ill Californians have asked for the medicine that allows them to end their lives, and nearly 500 health organizations have signed on to help.
Corinne Bobbie has a love-hate relationship with the Affordable Care Act. As the GOP tries to repeal the law, the experiences and fears of voters like Bobbie could determine a politician's fate.
The Obamacare replacement bill passed by House Republicans would cut Medicaid by $834 billion over a decade. That has people with disabilities scared that services that allow them to live independently, such as job training and transportation, will disappear.
A grass-roots effort to corral Montana's meth crisis hinges on the idea that people who are successful in conquering addiction are uniquely qualified to coach others.
A question about the Obamacare repeal bill turned into a rumble in the Montana special election 鈥 portending tough times ahead for Republicans.
The race for Montana鈥檚 one and only seat in the House of Representatives will be decided Thursday, and health care is taking center stage in the race's last week.
Before the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 exchanges began, Maine had an 鈥渋nvisible high-risk pool鈥 in place. Republican lawmakers are pointing to it as a success 鈥 but it was better funded by a vast margin than the high-risk pools in the House replacement bill.
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