Category: Health Care
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Column: Health care costs must be more transparent
Dr. Jerome Adams, the surgeon general from 2017 to 2021 under former President Donald Trump, recently published his story of…
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Legislators consider a new ‘hub’ to ensure patients get health care in their preferred language
In California, there are policies in place meant to ensure people with limited English speaking ability can still access and…
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Messenger: Missouri fails when it comes to providing health care or food to poor people
Tony Messenger Missouri is winning another race to the bottom. It’s the sort of unfortunate distinction for the Show-Me State…
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State senator questions payments as Oklahoma Health Care authority touts rollout of SoonerSelect
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is celebrating what it says is the success of the SoonerSelect program…
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Older Americans worry they can’t afford their own health care
KFF Health News — What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost…
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CT failed to reform its health care oversight. Here’s why it matters.
Lofty plans for a major redesign of Connecticut’s “certificate of need” program” — a regulatory effort that requires providers to…
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Lawmakers seek health care and retirement protections for Steward Health Care workers
BOSTON — A group of Democratic members of Congress, led by Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, is seeking reassurances that…
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Health care, retirement protections sought for Steward Health Care workers
MATT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AT 506 NEW THIS MORNING, EMBATTLED STUART HEALTH HEADS INTO BANKRUPTCY HEARING TODAY AS IT…
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Steward Health Care executives are mired in trouble at home. In Malta, it’s much worse.
VALLETTA, Malta — The most sweeping corruption trial in the history of this Mediterranean country kicked off with a former…
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Rep. Arrington discusses legislation to breakup healthcare monopolies & bill to fund Dyess AFB
BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — In this week’s episode of Big Country Politics, Jodey Arrington, the U.S. representative for Texas’s 19th…