Medicine & Policy

California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that physicians will soon receive reimbursement for providing end-of-life care advice to their patients. The ...

During the past few years, Oregon has quietly become a prime location for women willing to carry children for those unable to get pregnant. There ...

By Michael Ollove, Stateline As more expensive specialty drugs come on the market to treat some of the most serious chronic diseases, more states are stepping ...

On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed into law a requirement that nearly all children be vaccinated in order to attend school. With the stroke ...

With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to rule on whether same-sex marriage is a national right, many social scientists say an affirmative ruling in the ...

“ACA is here to stay!” That was the rallying cry Thursday at demonstrations outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as people cheered the decision to uphold ...

Medical Marijuana is legal in 23 states and Washington, D.C.  Many of the remaining states have proposals on the books for legalization.  Marijuana is a ...

Repealing the federal health law would add an additional 19 million to the ranks of the uninsured in 2016 and increase the federal deficit over ...

A bipartisan group of House and Senate legislators introduced bills last week that would require health plans to cover the growing number of oral chemotherapy pills as ...