FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised concerns that the projected cuts in Medicaid are already taking a toll.…
Read more What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health carePricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year. Health insurance will grow more expensive in…
Read more Expect health insurance prices to rise next year, brokers and experts sayRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will…
Read more Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief saysThinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a…
Read more Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implicationsWASHINGTON — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for…
Read more The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the ‘unsubscribe’ buttonWASHINGTON — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for…
Read more The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the ‘unsubscribe’ buttonFRANKFURT, Germany — A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked banks and media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and other…
Read more Widespread global tech outage disrupts flights, banks, hospitals and media outletsKYIV, Ukraine — The sky was crystal clear as Oksana Femeniuk took her daughter to Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital for routine dialysis. Around 10 a.m, air-raid sirens blared.…
Read more Kyiv hit with heaviest bombardment in monthsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forced labor, same-sex marriage and shoplifting are among the 10 statewide ballot measures that California voters are set to consider in November. The California secretary…
Read more Forced labor, same-sex marriage, shoplifting on the ballot in California this yearLONDON — Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute with unprecedented strike action. The British Medical Association…
Read more Senior doctors in England agree pay deal with UK government that will end year-long disputeLou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare has rejected several requests from her…
Read more Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machinesWASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in the Democrats’ renewed push for abortion rights during this year’s election and she will mark the 51st…
Read more Abortion fight puts Vice President Harris at center of 2024 election campaignTOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its…
Read more A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brandLONDON — Thousands of doctors walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike that was set to be the longest in the…
Read more Thousands of doctors in Britain walk off the job in their longest-ever strikeSACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 700,000 immigrants living illegally in California will gain access to free health care starting Monday under one of the state’s most ambitious coverage…
Read more California is expanding health care coverage for low-income immigrants in the new yearINDIANAPOLIS — Shaunna Thompson was running out of childcare options. Her daughter Abbie was expelled from daycare in 2022 because of “all over the place” behavior. Thompson found…
Read more Families say autism therapy helped their kids. Indiana's Medicaid cuts could put it out of reachWASHINGTON — A top White House national security official said recent cyber attacks by Iranian hackers on U.S. water authorities — as well as a separate spate of…
Read more Top White House cyber aide says recent Iran hack on water system is call to tighten cybersecurityVATICAN CITY — For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, but in televised remarks said…
Read more Pope says he's doing better but skips his window appearance facing St. Peter's SquareThe popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat…
Read more Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study findsBUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip — The gray film covering the faces of children rushed to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza Thursday made it hard to distinguish between…
Read more After an Israeli airstrike, crowded Gaza hospital struggles to treat wounded children
