America's uninsured rate is on the rise, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The rate of Americans without health insurance grew to 8.5 percent, or 27.5 million, in 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to be transported by ambulance to an emergency department at a safety-net hospital than white patients living in the same zip code, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.
Hospital leaders and patient advocates in Missouri launched an initiative to get Medicaid expansion on the state's 2020 ballot, according to local news station KTTN News.
Americans who work in blue-collar industries like service jobs, farming, construction and transportation saw the largest health insurance gains under the ACA, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
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California's governor signed legislation that will make the state the first in the nation to provide health coverage to some undocumented adults, according to USA Today.
Parents working in the private sector are increasingly enrolling eligible children into federal health insurance programs like Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
About 8.3 million children on government health insurance programs could lose their coverage under an immigration rule proposed by the Trump administration, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
The nation's first Medicaid work requirement in Arkansas was associated with a significantly lower insured rate in the state but not an increase in employment, according to a study cited by Politico and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group for the health insurance industry, unveiled an initiative to address social determinants of health June 20.