Health Equity

New York's Medicaid program will begin covering gender-transition care for people under 18 under a court-ordered expansion of coverage, effective Dec. 7, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Physicians working at various neurology-focused specialty centers throughout Wake Forest treat conditions like ALS, epilepsy and spine issues. U.S. News & World Report named the 885-bed, Magnet-designated hospital among the top 50 in…

Blue Cross and Blue Shield launched the BCBS Health Index to measure health in almost every American county, identifying the top conditions affecting the commercially insured and the conditions' relation to community economic well-being.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield agreed to fund a healthcare advocacy organization comprised of largely business and labor groups aimed at improving healthcare literacy among New Jersey residents, reports NJ Spotlight.

Nonprofit HealthWell Foundation will financially assist underinsured Americans diagnosed with breast cancer by providing up to $15,000 in copay and premium relief.

Children seen in an emergency department who are uninsured, or are covered under Medicaid, are more likely to be transferred to another facility than children with private insurance, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2016…

The Affordable Care Act guarantees healthcare rights for people living with HIV and other chronic conditions. But some insurers in the ACA marketplaces prevent these patients from receiving necessary care through discriminatory practices, such as refusing to cover key medications…

Kaiser Family Foundation estimated about 11.7 million of Americans who remain uninsured qualify for Medicaid or tax credits to purchase insurance through their state's Affordable Care Act exchange.

Two Brooklyn, NY.-based healthcare facilities — Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center and Brookdale Family Care Center — will provide mammograms free of charge to uninsured women this week, Brownsville Patch reports.

Colorado residents will vote on whether to establish a tax-funded, universal health system this November amid mounting challenges to the measure, The Gazette reports.