States like North Carolina and Idaho are reducing Medicaid provider payments due to budget shortfalls, risking healthcare access for vulnerable populations and straining provider networks.

Bipartisan bill reintroduced to authorize Medicare payments for pharmacists providing basic medical services in underserved and rural areas, enhancing healthcare access for seniors.

Medicaid expansion significantly increases buprenorphine prescriptions for opioid treatment, highlighting insurance's role in addressing the opioid crisis and ensuring access to addiction medication.

4.7 million Floridians rely on the federal health insurance marketplace and enhanced premium subsidies. Extension of these subsidies is crucial to prevent coverage loss and maintain access to affordable care.

Maryland’s $2.7B Medicaid funding cuts tighten eligibility and reduce access to primary and specialty care, impacting long-term care and rural health providers.

Over 600,000 Ohioans have been disenrolled from Medicaid since 2023 amid a national unwinding process post-COVID, raising concerns about coverage and healthcare access.

Medicaid funding cuts are driving closures of rural hospital obstetrics services, increasing travel distances and risks for maternal care. Explore how financial pressures and policy changes impact prenatal and delivery care access nationwide.

A new federal tax and spending bill threatens Medicaid funding for Maine's top reproductive health providers, Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning, risking access to essential sexual and reproductive health services in underserved communities.

Novo Nordisk expands access to Wegovy with a new self-pay pricing program and pursues legal actions against unauthorized compounded drug sales, impacting the obesity treatment market.

Legislation proposes Medicare reimbursement for nurses conducting annual wellness visits at rural health clinics to expand access and reduce costs for beneficiaries.