Colorado pharmacies can provide COVID vaccines without prescription
Colorado’s top health official on Wednesday issued an order allowing pharmacists to provide COVID-19 vaccines without a prescription…
America has an oral health crisis
Major shifts in public health policy can bring unforeseen consequences. But in the case of fluoride bans, we…
Nearly 55,000 to lose Medicaid over a decade
If you rely on Medicaid for your health care, or you know and love someone who does, you’ve…
Health care groups aim to counter growing ‘national scandal’ of elder homelessness
By Felice J. Freyer KFF Health News BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no…
Lane County health care providers share Medicaid concerns with lawmakers
Cuts to Medicaid as part of the “Big Beautiful Bill” signed July 4 have local healthcare providers concerned.…
Colorado Latinos rank economy, immigration and health care ranks as top concerns in new poll
While economic issues continue to top the list of concerns for Latinos in Colorado, a new, non-partisan poll…
Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts lopsided in blue and red states
Democratic-leaning states will feel more of the impact of sweeping Medicaid cuts included in the One Big Beautiful…
Medicaid cuts will cost hospitals billions in lost revenue, reports say
The budget reconciliation bill President Trump signed into law on July 4 will devastate the finances of hospitals…
Eli Lilly accused of bribing doctors to prescribe Mounjaro and other drugs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Eli Lilly, accusing the drug maker of bribing doctors…
Uncertainty looms over Medicare amid federal health shakeups; Oregon experts say coverage mostly stable
Health care advocates and organizations in Oregon say they’ve been recently “inundated” with calls from people trying to…
Washington state senators speak on rising health care rates
Yakima, Wash. — As health care rates continue to rise statewide, legislators in the state of Washington expressed…
The bureaucratic barriers to launching a primary care practice
For years, as insurance premiums climbed and Americans worried about medical expenses, economists have pointed to industry concentration…