Editorials
OUR VIEW: Join forces for health of children
Congress is treading dangerously close to severing one of the nation’s most beneficial healthcare programs that is widely ... Read more
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Local News
INMATE HEALTH CARE: Agreement should save county money
An agreement to be considered Monday by the Limestone County Commission could save the county thousands of dollars ... Read more
Local News
Yearning to learn: Limestone resident languishes on waiting list
When Tyler Legg first visited the Birdie Thornton Center nine years ago, he loved everything about it. His ... Read more
Cnhi Network
After single payer failed, Vermont embarks on a big health care experiment
A more expansive checkup is part of a pioneering effort in Vermont to keep people healthy while simplifying ... Read more
Local News
Alabama ends plan to shift Medicaid to managed care
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials on Thursday ditched a long-running plan to shift the state’s Medicaid program ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Advocates say Medicaid cuts will hurt child healthcare
ATLANTA – Children’s health care advocates say proposed cuts to Georgia’s insurance program for the poor will jeopardize ... Read more
State And Nation
U.S. charging 412 in health fraud schemes worth $1.3 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 people with taking part ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Ditching Obamacare may worsen income inequality
Jane Harrod, a landscaper in central Kentucky, was installing a hog fence on her family farm with a ... Read more
Cnhi Network
Little-known GOP Medicaid provision hits high-cost states with double loss
WASHINGTON — When Republican Gov. Charlie Baker recently groused in a letter to senators that the GOP health ... Read more
State And Nation
Medicaid cut in GOP health bill worries the nursing home set
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Amy Bernard and her brother kept their mother out of a nursing home ... Read more