Earlier this month, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was signed into law. This expansive legislation changes how health care is funded and delivered, especially through Medicaid. While intended to ...

We keep blaming the wrong things for what ails American health care. This is the real problem—and how to fix it.

Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, ...

Even though most of us think of healthcare as a human right, the reality is that in the United States the provision of ...

Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025. This is not the first time political arguments over ...

Growing demand for care and a rapidly aging population could drive U.S. healthcare spending to $8.6 trillion by 2035, more than 20% of forecast total U.S. gross domestic product. With more than $5 ...

As the federal government shutdown continues, Republican lawmakers keep saying Democrats shut down the government to give “illegals” access to government-funded health care. Democrats say that’s a lie ...

Right-wing media are pushing a lie that Democrats are threatening to shut down the government over “free health care for illegal immigrants” and want to “blow up the budget” for “illegal aliens” even ...

With health insurance prices set to increase dramatically in the coming months and amid a federal government shutdown hinging ...

A proposal for a citizens' initiative would direct Maine lawmakers to establish a system to provide publicly funded health ...