California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators
Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative that steers patients with substance use…
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A day ahead of shutdown, Congress works on advancing stopgap spending bills
WASHINGTON — Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday intended to give lawmakers a bit more time to wrap…
Former Education Dept staffers indicted for defrauding the school voucher program
Three former employees of the state’s education department were indicted this week for defrauding Arizona’s private…
Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update
Over the past two years, Madeline Beal has heard frustration and even bewilderment during public meetings about ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing…
Readers Call on Congress to Bolster Medicare and Fix Loopholes in Health Policy
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.…
Hacking at UnitedHealth Unit Cripples a Swath of the US Health System: What to Know
Darius Tahir
Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a huge role in the U.S. health system,…
Property owners could get tax breaks for dealing with unhoused people, under GOP proposal
Republicans in the Arizona legislature want municipalities to give tax breaks to owners who spend money to mitigate…
Bathroom Bills Are Back — Broader and Stricter — In Several States
Republican lawmakers in several states have resurrected and expanded the fight over whether transgender people may use bathrooms and other…
An executive order aimed to curb conversion therapy, but some counselors still practice it
Tres Adames believed he had to change himself.
It was 2010, and he had recently graduated with his Master of…
California Takes Up White House Call to Toughen Gun Storage Rules
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are weighing a pitch from the White House for states to toughen gun storage rules as legislation…