I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for ...

This article as published on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 in. By Elisabeth Rosenthal Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy.

The shift in today’s health care landscape is undeniable. While health insurance in the United States has always been propped up by an imperfect infrastructure, wavering between the government and ...

Nothing about Trump’s pronouncements changes the fact that millions more Americans will soon be stuck where my aunt was: in ...

Ascendiun CEO Paul Markovich launches new lobbying in an effort to force the health industry to become more accessible and ...

To receive Medicaid health coverage, some adults will soon have to show they are working, volunteering or taking classes. But to gather that proof, many states first will have to spend millions of ...

Nursing homes and senior communities here have embraced simple, science-backed innovations to improve the lives of older ...

Dr. Loh writes about the bipartisan congressional healthcare deal more or less resurrected from a plan first proposed at the end of 2024.

Tess Holliday says that despite being health and having no pre-existing conditions, she was denied life insurance because of her height and weight ...

Covered California enrollment fell 2.7% following the end of enhanced federal premium assistance. That’s better than expected, but many people are making concessions to afford staying insured.

Over two decades, medical care improvements have increased health spans in the U.S. by 1.3 years and medical spending by $234 ...

A Massachusetts woman knew the medicine her doctor prescribed required preauthorization, but she didn’t realize the approval had an expiration date. It took nearly three weeks of phone calls and ...