The American Hospital Association (AHA) joined seven other national organizations in praising two U.S. senators for introducing a bill aimed at stabilizing the health insurance marketplace.

Advocates for those living with AIDS are urging a federal health administrator to clamp down on states they claim are illegally denying hepatitis C patients groundbreaking drugs that cure people in eight to 12 weeks.

A bipartisan health bill would slightly decrease the deficit over 10 years and there would be no significant reduction in the number of people with insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

As crews worked to battle wildfires ravaging California, acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan declared a public health emergency in that state.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is speaking out against the recent executive order regarding health care signed by President Donald Trump, warning of the repercussions the order would have on the millions of Americans who are managing chronic and other pre-existing conditions.

To boost support for caregivers on an international scale, Merck KGaA of Darmstadt, Germany, launched a worldwide program called Embracing Carers and presented recent survey results at a conference in Australia.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently said health care plan organizations are not permitted to mandate that medical practices honor credit operations known for tacking on overpriced service charges.

Health care spending has been a controversial subject in the U.S., and the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is at the heart of recent discussions.

Health insurer Anthem said it will extend its bar on paying for most MRI and CT scans performed at outpatient facilities operated by hospitals.

Tens of thousands of consumers who had faced the possibility of having no option to buy health insurance on the individual market exchange in Virginia will face hefty hikes on their premiums.

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) transplant doctors are putting up a red flag about the proposed changes to the liver allocation system made by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) recently, saying the changes would result in fewer donated livers for the state.

Those who participate in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) may save money on health care expenses, according to a recent study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.

The way health care is viewed and approached must become more holistic and patient-centered, according to a Bayer executive.

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) gave the opening statement for a recent Washington, D.C.-based legislation markup session convened for the purpose of improving Medicare options and increasing welfare solutions.

Sen. Tim Kaine (R-Virginia) recently urged private insurance carriers to heed his strong message that “we won’t tolerate" bare counties at a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.

As the deadline nears for state regulators to announce final individual marketplace health insurance premium rates, opponents of the Affordable Care Act are stepping up the call for its overhaul.

More than 70,000 people in 63 counties in Virginia are facing the prospect of having no access to health insurance after one company said it was pulling out of the state.

Recent indications that the Trump administration is seeking to slash approximately $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health budget has touched off debate about public versus private medical research and the impact those budget cuts could have on the development of new therapies and medicines to treat patients.

Tennessee’s Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about stabilizing health care premiums for 18 million people in the 2018 individual insurance market.

Medical University of South Carolina is taking steps to resume performing heart transplants for people who rely on Medicare, Post and Courier reporter Mary Katherine Wildeman wrote in a recent article.