The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
Adriana Smith’s pregnancy became an ethical and legal quandary. After being declared brain dead, a Georgia hospital kept her on life support without her family’s consent because of the state’s abortion laws. Now that the baby has been delivered and Smi…
Since the FDA said shortages of Wegovy and Zepbound are over, compounding pharmacies are supposed to stop making copies of the drugs. But some of those business are trying to find ways to continue.
Like other states where abortion is legal, Maryland has seen more people coming for care from out of state. Now the state is using money associated with Obamacare to help those who need financial aid.
When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new COVID recommendations this week, it raised questions among clinicians and patients:Will those shots still be available to people who want them — and will insurance cover it?NP…
NPR speaks with health economist Lindsay Allen, assistant professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, about the impact of proposed cuts to Medicaid being debated in Congress.
After expanding state Medicaid programs to cover people in the country without legal status, Democrats are considering changes that would reduce immigrant access.
With massive budget cuts looming and threats from the Trump administration, several states are considering whether to cut Medicaid benefits for migrants in the country without legal status.