A recent study recommended increases in Medicaid eligibility and other legislative measures to help improve health care outcomes and access for Black women in Ohio, while still spotlighting fears of discrimination among women seeking care.

Results are nonbinding, but lawmakers may consider them when proposing policy

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bevy of bills into law, including more than half a dozen dealing with health care and family support.

More doctors are considering leaving or retiring early, while fewer medical students are applying to obstetrics and gynecology residencies in Texas.

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake)said he was “passionately against” allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which he referred to as “sugar high politics.”

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court started allowing states — what has become almost half of the country — to ban all or most abortions, doctors continue to report that these laws have detrimentally changed their jobs and the quality of care they can provide pregnant patients.

The provisions are part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, which every Republican senator opposed

Both the overall number of abortions and the use of telehealth abortion care continue to increase in the United States, according to the latest #WeCount report released Wednesday.

The Florida Republican exempted reviewing Medicare & Social Security from his 2022 ‘Rescue America’ plan more than a year ago

Thirteen counties in Kansas ceased to offer obstetric care services from 2013 to 2023 — a statistic that points to a shrinking availability of maternal care in Kansas, the lack of which can cause poor outcomes in pregnancy and delivery, overburdened hospitals and long drives for women seeking adequate care.

At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald Trump as the party’s 2024 presidential candidate, health care issues received little attention from prime-time speakers.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday morning it will take up a challenge to Tennessee’s 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Years before the Dobbs decision, providers like Dr. Kylie Cooper were already uncomfortable with some of the reporting requirements for abortion procedures in states where they practiced.

A bill that would improve health care access for Missouri women almost died in the House after some lawmakers conflated birth control legislation with abortion medication

Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot

Last year, lawmakers approved the Reproductive Health Protection Act, which shields health care providers in Maryland from liability if they help out-of-state patients obtain an abortion, as long as the services provided are legal under Maryland law.

The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act set aside $10 billion to set up tech hubs across the United States.

The ruling will force families of trans youth to take their children out of state for health care.

One former regulator called the lack of protection from silica-related illnesses 'stunning' and one of the most 'catastrophic' occupational health failures in U.S. history.

'Fewer people are applying to med schools in restricted states,' says Becca, a fourth-year medical student.

The Georgia Republican said President Joe Biden wants to pass 'big socialist programs' like Medicare and Medicaid.

Perrigo will begin shipping Opill in early 2024, but it hasn't announced the price of the new medication.

The short-term insurance plans denied coverage to people with preexisting conditions and covered fewer prescription drugs.

The law requires certain employers to offer 'reasonable accommodations' to employees in the workplace for medical conditions related to the entire period from pregnancy to postpartum recovery.

'I hope our report will be eye-opening,' says Dr. Daniel Grossman, one of the study's authors.

'Limiting abortion care has so many ripple effects,' says Dr. Wendy Molaska, former president of the Wisconsin Medical Society.

Byllye Avery has been immersed in the fight for reproductive health care for over 40 years.

The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.

With some of the highest maternal death rates in the nation, Black pregnant people face extreme impacts on their health, particularly those in states with restrictive abortion bans.

The 'emergency regulation' issued by Andrew Bailey adds several hurdles patients must get past if they’re seeking gender-affirming care, including being screened for 'social contagion.'