health care

Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care.

Supply problems and insurance complications have made it difficult for many patients to start and stay on new prescription medications used to treat obesity.

An association that lobbies for health care facilities says President Joe Biden’s decision to require nursing homes to comply with federal rules on staffing levels will cost them billions of dollars.

In an effort to drive down high costs for primarily older Americans, the U.S. government announced 10 drugs whose prices will now be negotiated on Tuesday, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Customers are increasingly using social media to air their complaints across all industries, and companies are paying attention

Some workers at Loretto Hospital are preparing to strike on Monday, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The initiatives out Friday include a crackdown on scam insurance plans, new guidance to prevent surprise medical bills and an effort to reduce medical debt tied to credit cards.

About 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in more than two dozen states as a post-coronavirus pandemic purge of the rolls gets underway. Data analyzed by The Associated Press show some states have dropped coverage for more than half the people whose eligibility cases were decided in April or May. States were prohibited from removing people from Medicaid during...

The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that would eliminate Obamacare’s requirement that most insurers cover some types of preventive care at no extra cost.

Black Americans endure medical racism, bias and inattentive care and are far more likely to get sick and die from common ailments.