FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Friday aimed at delivering financial relief for many Kentuckians by capping their out-of-pocket costs for insulin.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday endorsed a plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid expansion to encourage rather than require recipients to work.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The House on Tuesday passed legislation that would halt public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The nominee to be Montana’s next health director faced an unwieldy disease outbreak and pushed Medicaid work requirements — two issues looming in Montana — when he held a...

Maryland health departments and social service agencies would distribute free menstrual hygiene products to low-income households should a bill in the state Legislature pass this session....

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group that advocates for low-income residents said Friday that it has asked a judge to strike down Nebraska's two-tiered Medicaid expansion system that imposes extra...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has passed a bill that would halt all public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Department of Health announced that it will soon lift its state-specific visitation restrictions for long-term care facilities.

CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area pharmacist filled prescriptions for dangerous amounts of opiates, ignored obviously altered prescriptions and billed Medicaid and Medicare for medically...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia hospital has agreed to pay $320,000 to settle allegations that it made improper billings.

Grant Hospital in Petersburg filed Medicaid, Medicare and...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly passed two bills that repeal the ban keeping some health insurance plans sold in the state from covering abortions

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona pressed on Monday with plans to increase vaccinations and vaccine access, including the opening of its fourth state-run mass vaccination clinic.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A bill that would have mandated paid sick leave for a range of essential workers cleared a key Senate committee Monday, but only after it was sharply whittled down to cover...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trial court judge said Thursday that he'll leave in place another judge's decision that rejected arguments from an unsuccessful bidder for North Carolina’s upcoming...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Medicaid agency fell short on ensuring doctors and other medical providers met licensing and ownership qualifications to serve patients in the program, state...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of Oklahoma medical organizations filed suit Thursday seeking to stop Gov. Kevin Stitt from privatizing much of the state’s Medicaid program.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials are proposing one-time bonuses of $1,000 to many state employees who make less than $80,000 a year.

Gov. Brian Kemp, House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will try again to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, announcing Wednesday that his state budget proposal will also have more than $150 million in other...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Managers of New Mexico's health insurance exchange have scheduled a special open enrollment period from Feb. 15 through May 15 in response to a federal mandate from President...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A House committee made significant changes Thursday to the way Indiana would spend proceeds from a proposal to hike the state's cigarette tax for the first time in more than a...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' longtime effort to end Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood is on hold again after a judge Wednesday blocked the state from moving ahead for now.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say there are now more than 290 enrollees in a new program offering coverage for children living at home with significant disabilities....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The state agency that oversees Oklahoma's Medicaid program announced Friday the four for-profit companies it will use to outsource the care of most of the state's Medicaid...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas should be able to set work requirements for some of its Medicaid recipients, including the use of Medicaid dollars to buy private insurance for low-income people,...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids doctor has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement over allegations that he prescribed opioids to patients who had no legitimate medical need for the drugs,...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight people accused in scheme to bilk the state's Medicaid program out of more than $860,000 were charged Wednesday in Hennepin County District Court with a combined 46 counts...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials want to overhaul state rules to allow more elderly Hoosiers to access home- and community-based services so they can age at home, rather than at nursing...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A state health inspector has found that some residents of a long-term care and skilled nursing facility in Burlington, Vermont, failed to get doses of required medication...