A sudden catastrophic loss of heart function, or cardiac arrest, occurred significantly less among adults who acquired health insurance via…More

Medicare and Medicaid are state- and federal-funded health insurance plans that enable people with a low income to access healthcare…More

Women in Tennessee who were diagnosed with breast cancer were more likely to be diagnosed with late stage disease after…More

Within a year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement a provision in the Protecting Access to…More

Medical marijuana is having a positive impact on the bottom line of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit program in states that…More

The Affordable Care Act has made significant progress toward solving long-standing challenges facing the U.S. health care system related to…More

Researchers have found that Medicaid expansion increased Medicaid enrollment among people who received liver transplants funded by commercial insurance. The…More

Advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell, have led…More

Two new studies indicate that health insurance status may impact patients’ health outcomes following a diagnosis of cancer. Cancer patients…More

Some previous studies have suggested that female physicians may provide higher quality medical care, but patient outcomes have never been…More