The HHS budget draft, known as a “passback,” offers the first full look at the health and social service priorities of ...

More than half of rural hospitals had positive margins in 2023, but financial challenges still cause many to close service lines or their operations entirely, KFF Health News found. KFF Health News ...

An interest in different cultures led Matthew Mahar to pursue an anthropology minor in college and to subsequently travel extensively. More recently, it’s ...

In his first major action on health care costs this term, President Donald Trump issued a multi-part executive order on ...

Opponents of GOP budget plan hope reality of Medicaid cuts for rural and low-income Americans will drive Republican defections ...

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New Hampshire health leaders are warning that proposed federal Medicaid cuts could hurt rural communities. During a virtual ...

Almost half of all Texas counties do not have a hospital or birth center offering obstetric care. It can be a challenge to ...

When a Wyoming woman phoned the state’s only abortion clinic recently to make an appointment to end her pregnancy, she ...

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Federal Medicaid cuts under consideration would have dire financial impacts for state hospitals, including those in the West ...

Some rural hospitals are canceling or considering canceling their Medicare Advantage contracts, citing financial strain and ...