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Medicaid Affordable Care Act Assisted Dying Transgender Rights End-of-Life Care Obamacare Medicaid Cuts Assisted Suicide Reproductive Rights Palliative Care

Senate Democrats’ Report Links Medicaid Cutoff to 23 Clinic Closures and Sharp Drop in Preventive Care

The one-year Medicaid cutoff expires July 4, 2026, with Republicans pushing to make it permanent.

House Bill Would Exempt Health Workers From Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Fee After USCIS Data Show Shortfall

Wisconsin Enacts 12-Month Postpartum Medicaid Coverage, Becoming 49th State

4th Circuit Upholds West Virginia Ban on Medicaid-Funded Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Adults

L.A. County Reports First Drop in Homeless Deaths, Driven by Fewer Overdoses

Durazo Unveils Bill to Restore Medi-Cal Access for Undocumented Adults in California

Florida Senate Passes Medicaid Work-Requirement Bill With Uncertain Legal Path

Alameda County Delays Alameda Health System Layoffs, Launches Working Group

Vanderbilt Medical Center Ends Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Adults

Wisconsin Assembly Approves 12-Month Postpartum Medicaid Coverage, Sends Bill to Evers

Parents of 26-Year-Old Push to Curb Canada's Track 2 MAID After Son's December Death

Baystate Health Stops Prescribing Gender-Affirming Hormones to Minors

Piedmont Confirms First Medically Assisted Suicide After ASL Supports Home Procedure

Brazil Government Opposes Patent Breaks for Weight-Loss Pens After House Fast-Tracks Bill

Brazil’s Chamber Fast-Tracks Bill to Enable Compulsory Licensing of Tirzepatide Drugs

House Panel Presses PBMs, Demands Details on Trump ‘Most Favored Nation’ Drug Deals

Investigators Probe Alarm and Timeline After 93-Year-Old Found Outside Connecticut Nursing Home

AMA and Plastic Surgeons Urge Deferring Youth Gender Surgeries to Adulthood

Tentative Deals and Midtown Arrests Mark Week Four of NYC Nurses Strike

New York Lawmakers Approve Revised Medical Aid in Dying Bill, Paving Way for Hochul’s Signature