The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

Inflation is a problem for politicians. Unfortunately for them, it's not a problem they know how to solve.

A report from the nonprofit March of Dimes finds that 36% of counties in the U.S. are "maternity care deserts," meaning they have no obstetric hospitals or birth centers and no obstetric providers.

The number of Americans with health insurance has climbed to historic highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but within that silver lining is a darker hue.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Maryanna’s eyes widened as the waitress delivered dessert, a plate-sized chocolate chip cookie topped with hot fudge and ice cream.

DALLAS — The Texas economy is humming, but it’s not because of Gov. Greg Abbott — it’s in spite of him, Beto O’Rourke said Monday.

MACON, Ga. — As an abortion scandal rocks the campaign of Republican Herschel Walker, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Friday emphasized his support of abortion rights before a crowd in Middle Georgia.

Kentucky Medicaid program wins award for pandemic-era enrollment innovations

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — After a year of chemo and radiation, doctors told Penelope “Penny” Wingard in 2014 that her breast cancer was in remission. She’d been praying for this good news. But it also meant she no longer qualified for a program in her state that offers temporary Medicaid…

In late September, Michigan’s Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno erroneously compared the emergency contraceptive Plan B to fentanyl at a conference in Texas, suggesting his state should “ban the pill.” DePerno is not the first politician to propose limiting contraceptive access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…

A look under the hood raises some interesting issues, both promising and concerning.