Public Health

More than 20 million Americans gained coverage under the ACA, but many may be paying more out of pocket as they sign up for high deductible health plans, according to a report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. 

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee plans to hold bipartisan hearings on healthcare reform beginning September 6, and while ideas such as funding for cost-sharing reduction subsidies are broadly acknowledged as essential next steps, other ways to stabilize…

Tropical Storm Harvey has devastated southeastern Texas and surrounding Gulf regions, with historic rainfall totals that have led to severe flooding and at least 30 deaths as of Wednesday morning, according to The New York Times.

Historic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey has forced 23 hospitals in the Houston area to evacuate more than 1,500 patients, according to the Houston Chronicle.

HHS has established a 250-bed federal medical station at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey. 

Several national health insurers pledged assistance in the wake of Hurricane Harvey's landfall and subsequent catastrophic flooding.

Providers and some patient advocates have argued payers contribute to the opioid epidemic through benefit limits on nonopioid rehabilitative treatments that may incentivize physicians to overprescribe opioids, according to a report by the Center on Health Insurance Reforms, based at…

Due to flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, Ben Taub Hospital in Houston is evacuating patients, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital is shutting down and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has cancelled all appointments through at least…

  One of the biggest challenges facing Houston and other Texas cities post-Hurricane Harvey will be rebuilding their medical and healthcare infrastructure, Vox reports.

To address the recent surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths, Baltimore health officials launched a "Bad Batch Alert" text-messaging system to notify drug users when an uptick of overdoses possibly linked to bad batches of drugs are reported in certain parts…