Margot Sanger-Katz

A new report says the amount spent jumped to 19.7 percent of the economy in 2020 from 9.7 percent in 2019, while direct spending on medical care declined.

Sign-ups, which have set a record, have been especially strong in states that had resisted expanding coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

If you have a medical emergency, you will no longer need to worry about a large bill from a doctor you did not choose.

New data suggests overall abortions declined much less than previously known, because women traveled out of state or ordered pills online.

The bill stands to benefit millions of Americans with diabetes, but to become law, it will need to attract at least 10 Republican votes in the Senate.

Who gets abortions in America? - The New York Times

The Supreme Court decision on Friday was immediately met with celebration and anger. Crowds gathered in cities like Washington, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles as many states enacted abortion bans and clinics stopped offering the procedure.

Even in some states where abortion remains legal, wait times for appointments are long because of increased demand.

New data shows that the number of abortions fell by more than 10,000.

Congress passed legislation on mental health, drugs, pandemic preparedness, new Medicare benefits and Medicaid expansion — all before the arrival of the new House.

Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.

After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say changes to reduce overbilling in Medicare Advantage will be phased in over three years.

While clinics in some states expanded capacity, bans prevented thousands from getting legal abortions, a major new survey of abortion providers finds.

The plan declines to make choices on cuts, and with large categories exempted by leadership, that may make implementing the bill even harder than passing it.

House Republicans want every major rule to come up for a vote. That could be a recipe for no regulations at all.

The system for one disease, Covid, had similarities to “Medicare for all.”

Why the budget cuts in the debt ceiling deal are smaller than advertised.

Instead of growing and growing, as it always had, spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off over more than a decade.

The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions carried their pregnancies to term.

It’s now the most used abortion method.