A new working paper from the University of Chicago provides the strongest evidence to date that expanding access to health insurance can save lives.

States with Medicaid expansions spend more per enrollee overall than nonexpansion states, and nearly half of expansion states’ enrollees have a chronic condition, a May 28 KFF Health News report found ...

Like Medicaid, a large portion of those enrolled in an Affordable Care Act insurance plan voted for President Donald Trump. Changes to the program proposed in Republicans' tax bill could create a ...

Not only will older adults have to pay more, but they’re also likely to be sicker and experience a higher mortality rate ...

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase.

The state holds a unique position in the debate over expansion, with a low uninsured rate and higher costs for Wisconsin ...

States are picking up the mantle on insurance reform as they await lawmakers' next attempt to push through a bipartisan, health-industry-backed bill. Other news is on a gender-affirming care ban in ...

The Congressional Budget Office projects the change would save about $280 billion over six years. In Louisiana, however, it could also knock 139,000 to 158,000 adults off Medicaid in the first year— ...

A newly released index names Louisiana as the leading state for maternity services, earning a 90.0 out of 100 across ten ...