Health care reform
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)
GOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives again

By Alan Fram Jun. 18, 2021 12:35 AM 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...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during a parliament session about a new law to battle the coronavirus pandemic at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Germany's Merkel urges lawmakers to support pandemic bill

By David Rising Apr. 16, 2021 04:16 AM EDT

A nurse shows an elderly man a syringe prepared with dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, before he is inoculated at the Americas Cultural Center, in Ecatepec, Mexico, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mexico's private-practice doctors left out on vaccines

Apr. 09, 2021 11:04 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, a health worker holds a vial of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine during the vaccination of health personnel, at a clinic in Basra, Iraq. Egypt on Saturday, March 20, received a second shipment of coronavirus vaccine donated by China, officials said, as the country tries to speed up its vaccination campaign. The 300,000-dose shipment of the vaccine manufactured by China's state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm arrived at Cairo’s international airport early Saturday, according to the Health Ministry. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)
Egypt receives 2nd shipment of vaccine as gift from China

By Samy Magdy Mar. 20, 2021 08:15 AM EDT

In this image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tempore of the Senate, announces passage of Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill by a vote of 50-49 in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
COVID bill to deliver big health insurance savings for many

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Mar. 08, 2021 05:53 PM EST

Xavier Becerra listens during a confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)
HHS pick says pandemic is top job, but agenda is broader

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Feb. 23, 2021 12:12 AM EST

A man walks on the second floor of the New Mexico State Capitol building while emergency medical technicians wait to administer COVID-19 tests on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The building was closed to the public at the start of the pandemic. State leaders are holding most meetings virtually, with routine testing offered to legislators, staff members and the media. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Draft state budget would boost salaries, school spending

By Morgan Lee Feb. 22, 2021 01:28 PM EST

Panel approves paid sick days for home health care workers

By Sarah Rankin And Denise Lavoie Feb. 22, 2021 12:25 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A bill that would have mandated paid sick leave for a range of essential workers cleared a key Senate committee Monday, but only after it...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signs the amended fiscal year 2021 budget at the capitol in Atlanta, on Monday, Feb 15, 2021. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Biden administration puts Georgia Medicaid overhaul on hold

Feb. 16, 2021 12:01 PM EST

Some Democrats say Lamont's budget falls short on equity

By Susan Haigh Feb. 11, 2021 04:38 PM EST
Some Democratic state legislators questioned Thursday whether Gov. Ned Lamont's newly proposed two-year $46 billion budget does enough to address longstanding...

Florida bill would protect hospitals from COVID-19 lawsuits

By Brendan Farrington Feb. 10, 2021 02:48 PM EST
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida health care providers would be protected from lawsuits claiming their actions led to illness or death caused by the...

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, stands behind the safety barrier that surrounds the speaker's well and explains his opposition to legislation that would permit the Mississippi Department of Human Services using a simplified reporting system, during debate in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi Senate rejects 2 proposals to expand Medicaid

By Emily Wagster Pettus Feb. 09, 2021 07:35 PM EST

Lawmakers say virus proves health insurance changes needed

By Susan Haigh Feb. 09, 2021 04:38 PM EST
Democrats in the Connecticut General Assembly hope to pass health care legislation this year they contend will lower health insurance prices and expand...

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2021, file photo President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Biden's long political evolution leads to his biggest test

By Bill Barrow Jan. 17, 2021 03:17 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions regarding her testing strategy and number of COVID-19 cases during a news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka Kan. The coronavirus pandemic prompted Kelly to give her 2021 State of the State address virtually, rather than during a joint session of the Legislature. (Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File)
Kansas Senate votes to extend COVID emergency, limit Kelly

By Andy Tsubasa Field And Heather Hollingsworth Jan. 14, 2021 05:52 PM EST

Montana liability bill intended to limit virus litigation

By Iris Samuels Jan. 08, 2021 01:43 PM EST
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against...

A pharmacist holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Lenox, Mass., Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Health care workers and patients at nursing homes are part of the first phase of the introduction of the vaccine. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effect

By The Associated Press Dec. 29, 2020 12:21 AM EST

Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Alford Washington, Sr., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Alanna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System's gymnasium in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Washington was part of the Pathfinder Unit in Vietnam where he survived a plane crash that killed 7 people in Oct. 28, 1967. He said he had no concerns receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Highlights of COVID-19, government funding law taking effect

By The Associated Press Dec. 27, 2020 09:56 PM EST

Michelle Chester, director of employee health services at Northwell Health, right, shows the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Arlene Ramirez, director of patient care at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital, before administering the vaccine to her on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP)
Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills

By The Associated Press Dec. 22, 2020 12:52 AM EST