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FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by more than 30% last year, with two devastating surges eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most complete assessment yet of the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 22, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is the latest sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 19, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

Colorado Governor Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference on the state's response to the spread of the coronavirus Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado health care, prescription drug bills are now laws

Jun. 16, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

Bill would permanently expand telehealth services

Jun. 13, 2021 03:18 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new bill in Washington would permanently expand telehealth services under Medicare and allow patients in rural areas without access to...

In this May 13, 2021 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing legislation that imposes a steep tax on drugmakers refusing to deal with Medicare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
To curb drug prices, Democrats still seeking a balance

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 12, 2021 08:11 AM EDT

More than 100K Oklahomans sign up under Medicaid expansion

Jun. 11, 2021 04:41 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More than 100,000 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid since enrollment began this month under an expansion of the program that voters...

FILE - In this Friday, May 28, 2021, file photo, the morning sun shines on the State Capitol shines in downtown Denver. The Colorado Legislature ended its 2021 session this week after the Democrat-controlled Legislature pushed through a swath of progressive legislation on their agenda with little Republican support, following the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, multiple mass shootings in the state and a nationwide reckoning for racial justice. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Colorado lawmakers map ambitious path to pandemic recovery

By James Anderson And Patty Nieberg Jun. 09, 2021 03:17 PM EDT

More than 50K Oklahomans sign up under Medicaid expansion

Jun. 04, 2021 03:56 PM EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More than 51,700 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid since enrollment began this week under an expansion of the program that voters...

In this image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, federal agents from Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General engage in search warrant operations at a laboratory in Atlanta. More than 35 individuals associated with telemedicine companies and cancer genetic testing laboratories were charged for actions related to fraudulent genetic testing. The Justice Department announced charges on May 26, 2021, against more than a dozen people from Florida to California in a series of Medicare scams that exploited coronavirus fears to bill tens of millions of dollars in bogus claims. (Department of Health and Human Services via AP)
Feds take down Medicare scams that preyed on virus fears

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 26, 2021 01:26 PM EDT

Senate takes on 'Colorado Option' health insurance bill

By James Anderson May. 25, 2021 04:37 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Colorado state senators clashed over government control of health care pricing and affordability in their first debate Tuesday on a bill that...

Maine pols want more telehealth; COVID-19 decline continues

By Patrick Whittle May. 19, 2021 01:45 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are joining a push to make the use of telehealth easier as the country moves beyond the coronavirus pandemic. ...

In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 11, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
Liz Weston: You may be entitled to free health insurance now

By Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet May. 10, 2021 06:56 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 03, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. April 29, 2021. Editorial: Landfill scamming revelation is a huge failure by Douglas County ...

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo Edouard Joseph, 91, right, clasps his hands as geriatrician Megan Young, left, prepares to give him a COVID-19 vaccination at his home in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
AP-NORC poll: Government should help Americans age at home

By Emily Swanson And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 03, 2021 08:03 AM EDT

Phone scammers take advantage of Wyoming information breach

Apr. 30, 2021 04:01 PM EDT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Telephone scammers are trying to take advantage of an accidental Wyoming Department of Health data release affecting over a quarter of...

Report: Rural renters also struggling during the pandemic

Apr. 21, 2021 04:26 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — It’s not just urban dwellers who have faced difficulties paying the rent during the past year as the pandemic upended the economy. ...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Apr. 16, 2021 04:13 PM EDT
Hartford Courant. April 16, 2021. Editorial: The University of Hartford’s job is educating a diverse student body, not staying in NCAA...

Inslee signs measure addressing health provider PPE costs

Apr. 16, 2021 03:01 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health benefit plans would have to reimburse health care providers a set amount for personal protective equipment for the duration of the...

Genworth pulls plug on its acquisition by China Oceanwide

Apr. 06, 2021 08:19 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Insurer Genworth Financial has pulled the plug on its long-delayed acquisition by a Chinese company. The provider of...

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