How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage

Health Care

Published
March 19, 2023

How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage

States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income.
Published
March 15, 2023

What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?

In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban 1 of the 2 drugs used in combination in medication abortions.
Published
March 15, 2023

In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
Published
March 15, 2023

Long-used abortion pill in U.S. under threat in Texas lawsuit

A federal judge is being asked to revoke or suspend the FDA's drug's approval of the drug 23 years ago, an unprecedented challenge to the federal agency's role.
Published
March 14, 2023

South Carolina Republicans propose death penalty for women getting abortions

State Rep. Rob Harris, who sponsored the South Carolina Pre-Natal Equal Protection Act, said the bill's intent is to save babies.
Published
March 10, 2023

House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19

U.S. intelligence agencies are divided over whether a lab leak or a spillover from animals is the likely source of the deadly virus.
Published
March 7, 2023

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it endangered their lives

The group wants clarification of the law, which they say is written vaguely and has made medical professionals wary of facing liability if the state does not consider the situation a medical emergency.
Published
March 7, 2023

Maine launches campaign to ensure MaineCare recipients don’t lose health insurance

Residents who lost MaineCare eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic were allowed to continue receiving it, but now they must obtain other health insurance.
Published
March 5, 2023

Foreign-trained health professionals could be part of the solution to a workforce shortage

The problem is physicians who have immigrated to Maine have a winding, expensive path to reclaiming positions they held elsewhere.
Published
March 5, 2023

With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals

A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.