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Women seeking an abortion in restrictive Texas now often pick the medical version, thanks to FDA rules making it easier. Others seek cheaper pills in Mexico, and aren't getting guidance from a doctor.
In California, backers of a plan to allow adults living in the country illegally to buy coverage on the state’s exchange hurry to get federal approval — fearing opposition or inaction under a new administration.
Insurance officials in California have received widespread complaints that the insurer has not paid rehab centers for months, as the company sifts claims for fraud.
California is inching closer to a first-in-the-nation request for a federal ruling that would allow the state’s Obamacare exchange to sell health plans to immigrants who are living in the country illegally.
Medicaid spends billions on unintended pregnancies, and federal officials say better use of long-acting contraceptives, such as IUDs, offer advantages for women and are cost-effective.
Thousands of Floridians patronize storefront businesses that help them buy cheaper drugs online from Canada and other countries, but the Food and Drug Administration calls the practice illegal and risky.
The U.S. faces a variety of serious concerns beyond just the future of the federal health law.
Women scientists get first author credit on medical studies much less often than their male coauthors. That has career implications and could even be skewing the study of women's health.
The unusual strategy helped the governor get around a small group of Republican senators who threatened to cancel the expansion, which has brought coverage to more than 267,000 state residents.
The projected increase in premiums is expected to draw national attention in an election year -- especially from foes of the Affordable Care Act.
New research finds that the impact of these mandates varies because of differences in states’ coverage requirements and the availability of treatment options.
New research sheds light on the growing costs to the health care system associated with painkiller and heroin abuse.
Although many people thought the federal health law would nip the need for free clinics, they are still booming.
But reaching Spanish speakers might take some extra effort.
They recognize the responsibility, but some may need training.
In June, California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with prescriptions from their doctors, but getting those prescriptions will require serious effort.
Since its rollout on Jan. 1, Montana Medicaid expansion has enrolled more than 38,000 people and returned $3 million to the state's general fund.
Seeing more problem gamblers than ever before, the state is investing in education, training and prevention.
Zoom, a medical group and insurer, is targeting millennials in Oregon and Washington with quick, accessible care as well as fitness, yoga and cooking classes.
The proposal that Medicare made this month to better control prescription drug costs involves testing strategies used with some success in the private sector.
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