Health Equity

The majority of insurers already finalized plans they will sell during this year's six-week open enrollment period on HealthCare.gov and state-based marketplaces. However, payers fret confusion among the approximately 11 million Americans expected to shop the exchanges beginning Nov. 1…

The National Cancer Institute, an agency of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Louisiana State University Health New Orleans and Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center a joint $2 million grant to reduce racial disparities in cancer precision medicine.

California CareForce's free health clinic in Sacramento saw 1,500 patients over the weekend, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Massachusetts has the lowest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in the U.S., according to analysis by WalletHub.

The U.S. uninsured rate dropped 0.3 percentage points between 2015 and 2016 to 8.8 percent, or 28.1 million Americans, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

More than 2 million women of reproductive age are living in rural counties that lack hospital obstetric care services, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program added three sets of healthcare organizations to its network that aims to further precision medicine research.

Social media platforms can be a useful tool for tracking the spread and patterns of opioid misuse in the country, according to a study published in Journal of Medical Toxicology.

The inaugural J.D. Power 2017 Managed Medicaid Special report found Medicaid recipients are more satisfied with their coverage than traditional, commercial health plan members.

A Washington woman with cancer is protesting the revised Better Care Reconciliation Act by saying she will end her treatment — likely ending her life — if lawmakers pass the bill, according to a local news report from KING 5.