Texas Is Latest State To Attack Surprise Medical Bills
Under the new law, insurance companies and medical providers can enter into arbitration to negotiate a payment — and state officials would oversee that process.
How 10 Cities Are Testing What Works to Increase Economic Mobility
COMMENTARY | City leaders are tapping into data to figure out policies that will improve the prospects of people struggling in communities across the country
It's Getting Easier to Find Out If a Beach Might Make You Sick
Chicago is the only major U.S. city to use a new method to test for bacteria at most of its beaches—and then issue same-day swimming advisories.
Southern Farmers Reckon With Push to Raise Tobacco-Buying Age
More than a dozen states have passed legislation and a federal bill has momentum.
Drug Users Armed With Naloxone Double As Medics On Streets Of San Francisco
Data suggests that in San Francisco, the users may be reversing as many overdoses as paramedics — or more.
American Patients Are the Worst in the World
COMMENTARY | Americans are hypochondriacs, yet we skip our checkups. We demand drugs we don’t need, and fail to take the ones we do. No wonder the U.S. leads the world in health spending.
Coaxing Veterans Into Treatment to Prevent Suicides
In South Carolina, veteran suicide prevention starts with a phone call.
The Misplaced Optimism in Legal Pot
A new study throws cold water on hopes that more liberal cannabis policies could stem the opioid epidemic.
How Measles Detectives Work To Contain An Outbreak
Across the nation, public health departments are redirecting scarce resources to try to control the spread of measles. Their success relies on shoe-leather detective work that is one of the great untold costs of the measles resurgence.
What Do States Mean When They Say ‘Public Option’?
Washington last month became the first state to enact a “public option” for health insurance.
Juvenile Justice Reform Sets Us On a Path to End Youth Homelessness
COMMENTARY | In Washington state, thousands of young people are locked up annually for “status offenses” and find themselves homeless when leaving detention. A new law seeks to change that.
Why Hundreds of Puffins Washed Up Dead on an Alaskan Beach
This latest mass-mortality event is another sign of the Arctic’s rapidly changing climate.
Why Thousands Are Getting Hit with Unexpected Medical Bills
COMMENTARY | In my view as a health care policy researcher, the increasing occurrence of surprise medical bills is not an accident.
'Thinking Differently': How One County Teaches First Responders About Autism
The training program in Dutchess County, New York is part of a larger county initiative aimed at improving life for people with special needs.
State Lowers Degree Requirements for Child Welfare Case Workers
The move in Oregon comes amid concerns about workforce diversity and recruiting and retaining employees.
Nation’s First Opioid Trial Promises Long Odds, High Drama
The public will finally hear the details in suits accusing Big Pharma of false marketing.
Public Housing Authorities Reel as HUD Singles Out Immigrants
HUD chief Ben Carson says waitlists are too long to house undocumented immigrants.
Proposed Immigration Changes Already Having Effects, Research Finds
A change to the "public charge" rules under consideration by the Trump Administration is discouraging immigrants from applying for benefit programs, according to research from the Urban Institute.
Rapid Opioid Cutoff Is Risky Too, Feds Warn
Two federal agencies caution doctors not to taper high-dose pain patients too quickly.
Counties Are Key to Solving Our Nation’s Mental Health Crisis
COMMENTARY | A third of people with serious mental illness didn’t receive treatment in the past year. Local leaders are on the front lines of building the continuum of care these citizens lack.
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