Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democrats are trying to extend tax credits that make some health insurance premiums more affordable, but immigrants in the country ...

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The US government’s shutdown is shaking the nation at a time when public health staffing has already been reduced, the threat of disease outbreaks looms, and both the respiratory virus season and ...

Democrats have demanded that the subsidies, first put in place in 2021 and extended a year later, be extended again. House Democrats prepare to speak on the steps of the Capitol to insist that ...

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Across federal and state health agencies, a wave of modernization is underway. New EHR implementations, system upgrades and data ...

When the federal government shuts down, images of furloughed workers and closed museums and monuments dominate the headlines. But hidden beneath these surface disruptions are quieter, more insidious ...

Your Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage won’t vanish during the government shutdown, but changes to some benefits and fewer government workers to help could still disrupt care for ...

More than 300,000 Massachusetts residents could lose some or all of the help they get paying health insurance if federal tax credits expire. That's because when the government shutdown ends, the deal ...

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In 2021, as the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning about the spread of health misinformation. “Health misinformation is a serious ...