The national uninsured rate for children under age 19 was 6.1% in 2025, compared to 6.0% in 2024, remaining at its highest level in more than a decade. The ...

In the past 12 months, 51% of surveyed kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) schools and districts reported experiencing a cybersecurity incident. Among respondents, 34% reported disruptions to ...

CVS Health filed a lawsuit challenging its 2027 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings, alleging that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly adopted 28 performance measures used to ...

Nursing and residential care facilities lost 8,700 jobs nationwide in September 2026, about 0.25%% of the workforce.  This is the largest monthly decline since January 2022. Most of the ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) selected Common Ground and Gryphon Place for contracts totaling $56.1 million over three years to provide staffing and support for ...

Optum has filed a motion to dismiss Maryland's lawsuit seeking approximately $380 million in damages over the company's administration of the state's Medicaid behavioral health claims processing ...

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded grants to eight recipients in eight states under the new Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based ...

In 2025, homeless service systems across the United States had enough available permanent housing for 9% of people experiencing homelessness and enough shelter beds for 35% of those living ...

Eleven states are offering state-funded health insurance subsidies for the 2027 plan year to help eligible residents pay for coverage purchased through Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance ...

The Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) plans to award up to $250,000 each to two provider organizations to establish regional residential treatment hubs for pregnant and postpartum women ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an interim policy easing federal enforcement restrictions on the compounding of six peptides by licensed pharmacies and physicians. The ...

An updated definition of profound autism resulted in a lower estimate of the number of autistic children classified as having the condition. Among autistic 8-year-olds in the United States, ...