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President Donald Trump has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a 51视频-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren鈥檛 seeing the initiatives reach their communities.
Staff raced against rising floodwater to evacuate 36 residents from a nursing home in New Richland, Minnesota. It鈥檚 one of 100 facilities 51视频 Health News identified as facing some of the nation鈥檚 worst flood risk.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated 100,000 more immigrants will be uninsured by 2034 because of Medicaid eligibility changes under President Trump鈥檚 One Big Beautiful Bill Act that take effect Oct. 1. A 51视频 Health News survey of nine states found many more are at imminent risk of losing health coverage.
The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and lethal injection is the primary method. That means involving medical professionals to store, test, and inject the drugs. After a botched execution in Tennessee, doctors and nurses there say medical professionals need to be removed from the process completely.
Some states have considered barring companies that own a PBM from also owning brick-and-mortar pharmacies, as CVS does. Two states have followed through. A similar proposal at the federal level has gained prominent sponsors, aligning conservative, business-friendly Republicans with Democrats traditionally more open to government regulation.
Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures in November, marking the fourth time in five years that millions of Americans will weigh in on their states鈥 abortion rules. The measures follow the Supreme Court鈥檚 鈥淒obbs鈥 decision, which upended federal abortion protections.
The disease has long been a risk of coal mining, an industry the Trump administration is trying to reinvigorate.
Rural voters rank the cost of living and cost of healthcare as top issues they want to hear about from midterm candidates as they face a tightening pocketbook pinch.
As the oldest baby boomers turn 80, researchers worry there won鈥檛 be enough room in nursing facilities for a rapidly graying nation.
Some mental health experts favor suicide prevention steps that are applied broadly, with protections that aren鈥檛 tied to an individual鈥檚 specific risk.
An experiment to provide meals to some Medicaid recipients shows food can be cost-effective medicine. But even as federal officials tout the power of nutrition, Medicaid budget cuts could lead states to think twice about covering healthy food for sick residents. One has already reconsidered.
The case was brought by a marketing company that wants to define as employees people who download an app and agree to have their internet activity tracked so they can buy into its employee health plan. Such plans are generally exempt from some state and Affordable Care Act rules.
States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed. Louisiana鈥檚 call for innovative technology drew more than 200 pitches, seeking from $250,000 to $3 million in seed money.
With the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans, thousands of Georgians are paying more for coverage or going uninsured. In one of the state's reddest districts, the economic impact is growing faster than the political fallout.
A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump can鈥檛 unilaterally kill the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act, but he also sided with the administration by saying using race as a factor in awarding the grants is unconstitutional. The split decision has halted digital-skills programs for ethnic and racial minorities.
A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin music artists, even as shifting marketplace conditions make the program a more expensive proposition. It鈥檚 becoming a model for other cities and sectors.
Despite President Donald Trump鈥檚 promises to make fertility treatment more affordable, the overall costs for one IVF cycle in the U.S. remain in the tens of thousands of dollars. So more Americans than ever are going to Europe to seek IVF treatment for a fraction of the cost.
States must submit Rural Health Transformation Program progress reports to the federal government, but they aren鈥檛 required to proactively post those reports, or related information, publicly.
Opioid settlement cash was meant to abate the addiction crisis. But a new investigation reveals millions in Louisiana was spent on law enforcement gear and police technology instead of lifesaving treatment.
Researchers and disability rights advocates warn that the Trump administration鈥檚 dismantling of the Education Department and its erosions of civil rights oversight risk widening the disparities autistic children face in diagnosis, school support, and discrimination protection.
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