medicaid

Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...

The looming possibility of federal cuts to Medicaid would hit rural areas in the region particularly hard, according to a study by the Georgetown Univ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) As Pennsylvania residents began 2025, several new laws took effect, including expanded access to health care and pay raises for top...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...

Democrats have long promoted a culture of cradle-to-grave government dependency under the guise of compassion. Now they fear that Donald Trump may hav...

HARRISBURG — For Pennsylvanians, there are a few days left to complete the Maternal Health Strategic Plan Survey, part of the Shapiro administration’s...

Florida hospitals spent $566 million providing care for illegal immigrants in the last six months of 2023, according to a recent report{/a} from the s...

Pennsylvania is in the midst of a mental health crisis. This health emergency isn’t just occurring in one county or region — it’s happening across the...

More than 6 million Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and each day nearly 3,000 patients may progress from mild to moderate dementia due to the...

Some disabled Americans on Social Security aren’t out of work solely because of their medical condition. Social Security payments themselves may “also...

The Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal government will have a budget deficit of $1.9 trillion this year, $400 billion more than was...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers began grinding through a series of votes Thursday to finalize a budget deal that took nearly two weeks i...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, providing an optio...

WASHINGTON — Dr. Muhammed Javed, Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS) board chair and Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) vice chair, joi...

Pennsylvania House legislators have come out in strong support of maternal doula care with a package of bills affectionately called the “Momnibus.” Un...

HARRISBURG — Congressional leaders singled out workforce shortages and low reimbursement rates as the reason why rural healthcare access is in decline...

The State of Children’s Health report by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children shows that the number of uninsured children in the state decreased dur...

PHILADELPHIA — Abortion providers across Pennsylvania urged the state’s highest court on Wednesday to overturn a longtime ban on Medicaid funding for ...

Dentistry long has been treated as a separate element of health care, even though oral health is crucial to overall well-being. It’s also a distinct b...