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There’s finally been a fix to the “family glitch” that made marketplace health plans sometimes unaffordable. And although premiums are rising, subsidies are too, and more people are eligible.

A shortage of nursing home staff is easing in some states. But in other states like Kansas, it’s still critical. The state’s aging population could continue to propel the industry into crisis.

Black communities in many U.S. cities suffer disproportionately from health care debt. The reasons go back to segregation and racist policies that have limited Black wealth.

In the pandemic, the government allowed millions of children to stay on Medicaid — no need to have an adult re-enroll them every year. But that may end soon, and many kids could lose their coverage.

Next month, South Dakotans will decide whether to expand Medicaid to 42,500 state residents. Democratic candidates elsewhere are making it a part of their pitch to flip GOP-held governors’ offices.

More than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the “fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born,” one researcher says.

More than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the “fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born,” one researcher says.

“I’m an abortion doula, I fund people’s abortions, I make sure they can get to their appointments, period,” said Ash Williams of North Carolina. “I can do that. I just need to keep doing that.”

Civil war has blockaded the country’s northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying.

On TikTok, the hashtag “dementia” has 3 billion views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.