Louisiana saw 200,000 new Medicaid enrollees during its first week of enrollment, and expects that number to only rise. Yet an increase in enrollees will not come without challenges once Medicaid expansion begins in July, The Advocate reported.
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On Monday, The Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed another case of the measles in the state, bringing the total number of cases associated with the recent outbreak to 20.
Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansas, a free program assisting hundreds of seniors navigate Medicare plans, could soon be cut, The Hutchinson News reported.
Many Iowans with mental illnesses have found themselves marooned in hospitals for months after they were cleared by physicians to be released, costing hospitals millions, according to the Des Moines Register.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) took the Senate floor Wednesday morning, asking for a vote over a proposal to enhance gun control laws, according to Vox. At the end of his 15-hour speech at 2 a.m. Thursday, Sen. Murphy declared the…
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The FBI is investigating a threat written in graffiti in Louisville, Ky.-based Humana's Waterside Building, WLKY reported.
Hartford, Conn.-based Aenta responded to the deaths of two of its employees and a third employee who was wounded in a shooting at Orlando, Fla.-based LGBT nightclub Pulse, the Hartford Courant reported.
A 26-year-old Wyoming man died after shooting himself in the head outside of the emergency room at Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Butterworth Hospital on Wednesday. Police have determined there is no threat to the hospital or the nearby Grand Rapid…
When governments mandate chickenpox vaccinations, a sharp drop in the number of Google searches for the common childhood disease suggests seasonal outbreaks are significantly reduced, according to new research from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan.
West Virginia had the greatest percentage drop in adults without health insurance from 2013 to 2015, according to findings from the CDC.