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Payer
Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts
Many cuts included in the OBBBA haven't yet taken effect, but the law is already effecting state budgets.
CMO
Hospitals Fighting Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before
Children in areas with low immunization rates have been especially susceptible to outbreaks.
CMO
SC Hospitals Aren't Required to Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark.
In the absence of mandatory reporting rules, doctors are often left to rely on rumors, colleagues, and fragments of information...
CNO
How the Rural Health Transformation Program Will Enable Nurse Practitioners
Nurse practitioners are sustaining access to healthcare permanently in rural areas, says this nurse leader.
Payer
Farmers Now Owe a Lot More for Health Insurance
More than a quarter of the agricultural workforce purchases health insurance through the individual marketplace.
CMO
What to Know About the CDC's Baseless New Guidance on Autism
Kennedy has claimed ? falsely, scientists say ? that vaccine ingredients cause conditions like asthma and peanut allergies, in addition...
Innovation
Podcast: A Few Good Things from 2025 (Really)
In the states, there were some wins for healthcare access.
Payer
Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington's Retreat from Big Ideas on Healthcare
As health costs reach a crisis point, a yawning gulf exists between voters' desire for more aggressive action and the...
CFO
White House Calls This 9/11-Era Fund 'Wasteful.' Red and Blue States Rely on It.
The Hospital Preparedness Program has provided $2.2 billion to local governments to ready healthcare systems for public health emergencies.
CMO
LA Took Months to Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak
Because infectious diseases spread exponentially, if officials don't alert the public quickly, they lose a key chance to prevent further...
Payer
Podcast: Happy Open Enrollment Eve!
Open enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act plans starts in most states Nov. 1.
CMO
Despite the Hoopla, Vaccines Should Be in Reach this Cough-and-Cold Season
The CDC this month announced updated fall immunization schedules that are not that different from last year's.