Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine.
Investigation reveals Allina Health is not the only health system to deny non-emergency care to patients with medical debt. Other big systems named.
On the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which straddles the border between North and South Dakota, people line up at 6 a.m. in the freezing winter, hoping to get one of just four dental appointments. “If you don’t get those four, you’re out, you don’t get it,” said Janet Alkire, chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux…
Doctors say they are reluctant to practice in abortion-banned states, where making the best decision for a patient could run afoul of the law. Even former President Donald Trump’s surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for women’s health, writes KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With her insurance about to run out and Republicans in her home state of Missouri ramping up rhetoric against gender-affirming health care , Erin Stille nervously visited a foreign pharmaceutical site as a “last resort” to ensure she could continue getting the hormones she needs.
More than one in five U.S. adults who do not have a car and have limited access to public transit said in a recent poll they have forgone needed health care in the past year. The poll from the Urban Institute found that 21 percent of those without access to a car or reliable public…
Mifepristone is part of a two-drug combination that can end a pregnancy. It can also be used to manage a miscarriage.
SANTA FE — New Mexico’s status as a regional haven for reproductive health care could be cemented for the forseeable future, after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law Wednesday a bill shielding nurses and doctors from legal repercussions for providing abortions or gender-affirming care. Flanked by providers, female legislators and advocates, Lujan Grisham declared […]
