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A KFF survey of employer health benefits shows that 28% of large U.S. companies have limited or no access to abortion under company health insurance.
A new report from the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute shows that Medicare Advantage enrollees who use supplemental benefits are more likely to live in areas with fewer resources.
F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill - The move could significantly expand access to contraception. The pill is expected to be available in early 2024.
Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe
Number of health systems allegedly denying care to indebted patients grows - Approximately "20 percent of nationwide hospitals in a random sample pursued similar policies of care denial," according to KFF Health News.
White House wants Native American health care funding baked into law instead of being part of budget negotiations.
Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk
When states limit care, some trans people do it themselves
More than 1 in 5 adults with limited car, public transit access forgo health care
Houston doctors warn 'dumbfounding' effort to ban mifepristone would limit miscarriage management
Insurers Are Starting to Cover Telehealth Abortion - Several insurers will cover abortions through Hey Jane, a start-up online provider, just as courts threaten to hobble the industry.
Federal HIV funding rerouted to nonprofits, bypasses Tennessee health department entirely - After Tennessee officials refused federal funds in January, nonprofits sought direct funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Federal Courts Battle Over the Abortion Pill | The New Yorker Millions of women find that their access to health care hinges on two conflicting rulings, and is seemingly headed, once more, to the Supreme Court.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's sweeping regulation would prohibit medical providers from providing gender-affirming care unless a number of requirements are met. Its most expansive provisions, including a potential three-year delay in care, would be in place regardless of the patient's age.
Abortion pill ruling cited flawed science - Texas judge ignored scientific evidence of abortion pill’s safety, citing statistics that overstate the negative physical and psychological effects of mifepristone.
A wide majority of Americans back abortion pills, including 71% of young women. The issue could destroy GOP election chances for a generation.
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
Tennessee losing federal reproductive care funds - Federal health officials say funding was pulled because the state is not compliant with Title X requirements.
Houston nonprofit I'll Have What She's Having expands its scope post-Roe, committing to funding 200 free IUDs and vasectomies for restaurant workers in Texas this year.
Missouri Planned Parenthood sues over transgender inquiry by state AG
A Federal Judge Just Struck Down Obamacare’s Prevention Treatments – Access to cancer screenings, HIV drugs, and prenatal services could become a lot more expensive.
Obamacare Says Insurers Can’t Deny Coverage of Contraceptives. They’re Doing It Anyway. | The New Republic
Column: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights. A transgender patient says Kaiser forced her to transition from male to female. Here's what that's really about.
Texas and Florida Introduce Bills Aiming to Ban Healthcare for Trans Adults ; They join a growing list of states whose attacks on trans healthcare reach beyond those under 18.
High drug prices are not justified by industry's research and development spending, argue experts
Oklahoma Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
All 12 health insurance companies in the individual, small group, and large group markets in Oregon failed to comply fully with the Reproductive Health Equity Act at varying levels, according to reports released Wednesday by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation.
RNC urges GOP candidates to ‘go on offense’ on abortion in 2024 - The Republican National Committee passed a resolution pushing the strictest antiabortion legislation possible.
The Cruel Tyranny of Sick Notes - Your boss asking for a doctor’s note is more about controlling labor than worker health.
Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care - Many health professionals in rural areas don't know how to provide gender-affirming care, leaving transgender patients with few options.
Tennessee is cutting funding to HIV prevention, detection and treatment programs that are not affiliated with metro health departments as of May 31.
Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies, but many workers in rural America are left out, facing tough decisions when choosing between caring for themselves or sick family members or keeping their jobs.
Getting abortion medication online is easier than ever thanks to regulatory changes. The practice is pushing the boundaries of the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
“I want to fight”: LGBTQ Texans ready for legislative session as GOP lawmakers target them in dozens of bills
States target transgender health care in first bills of 2023 - After a midterm election and record flow of anti-transgender legislation last year, Republican state lawmakers this year are zeroing in on questions of bodily autonomy with new proposals to limit gender-affirming health care and abortion access.
Maryland hospital violated Affordable Care Act in denying medical care to trans patient, court rules | The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center violated federal law when it refused to provide gender-affirming surgical care to a transgender man because of his gender identity, a federal court ruled Friday. Jesse Hammons, a transgender man diagnosed with gender dysphoria, was denied a hysterectomy to remove his uterus in 2020
An investigation of the collection policies of more than 500 U.S. hospitals found that many will aggressively pursue patients who cannot pay their bills.
Trump judge’s rollback of birth control rights forces Texas clinics to turn away teens who now need consent to get birth control
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois violated federal anti-discrimination law by excluding gender-affirming medical services from coverage under its self-insured health plans, a federal court in Tacoma, Wash., ruled.
Hospitals and providers in 21 different states have faced online harassment for providing gender-affirming care to children in recent months, with the online attacks sometimes escalating into offline harassment and threats of violence, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign.
An Oklahoma hairstylist is pushing a ballot proposal he wrote that would make abortion access a constitutional right in his deeply red state.
Methodist Hospital (TN) cancelling surgery for transgender adults; ACLU to take up the issue
A Kansas judge has blocked the state's ban on prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine, a move that could expand access to abortion.
California law will provide health insurance subsidies for workers during labor disputes – Orange County Register
Doctors Should Break the Law to Offer Abortions Sometimes, Says New Guidance From Medical Leaders "Attempting to comply with reckless government interference...is dangerous to the health of our patients," argues the American Medical Association.
Obamacare discrimination protections don’t apply to LGBT patients, Texas judge rules
For women in Texas and Louisiana, travel times to the nearest abortion facility increased to over seven hours following the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision.
Some providers have stopped gender-affirming care as politicians seek to restrict procedures—and as they face violent threats. Other providers, such as Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee, are under pressure to follow suit.
People of color less likely to receive Paxlovid and other Covid-19 treatments, according to CDC study | CNN
Oregon voters are being asked to decide whether the state should be the first in the nation to amend its constitution to explicitly declare that affordable health care is a fundamental human right.
A study found liberal policies were linked to lower mortality among working-age adults, while conservative policies were linked to more deaths.
Top Tennessee Republicans are vowing they'll push to enact some of the strictest anti-transgender policies in the United States
Two deaf patients were unable to rescue their disability bias claims against a Modesto, Calif., hospital,as the Ninth Circuit denied their petition for a panel rehearing of their case.
Analysis Finds 'Deep Inequities' in Children's Health Coverage | HealthLeaders Media