If there is something both sides of the political aisle can agree on, it’s that there is something deeply wrong with health insurance in the United States. What they can’t agree on is how to fix it.

Having stable health insurance helps people obtain the medical care they need when they need it. Being able to remain with the same health plan and providers also promotes continuity in relationships ...

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explores the issues surrounding the Basic Health Program, an option that states have under the Affordable Care Act ...

The Affordable Care Act gives states the option of creating state-run public insurance — known as a Basic Health Program or Basic Health Plan — for low-income people who aren’t eligible for Medicaid ...

At least half of the world's population is too poor to access essential health care services, according to a new report by the World Bank and the World Health Organization. The report also found that ...

Health screening helps you to find out if you are suffering from a particular disease or medical condition. This is important because not all diseases show symptoms, and conditions discovered with ...

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill wants the state to provide every school-aged child with a check-up and the vaccine that prevents ...

New York state will end its Essential Plan health insurance program, which covers 1.7 million low- and middle-income New Yorkers, due to a loss of $7.5 billion in federal funding. The change, which is ...