If we want to preserve financial protection for catastrophic medical care, we have to allow our health coverage to conform to the requirements of true insurance.
More than 40 percent of U.S. residents went without health insurance or had coverage that didn't protect them against high medical costs last year, su...
More than 45 million U.S. residents didn't have health insurance during the first nine months of last year, according to survey findings released Thur...
Regardless of health care policies or politics, Volunteers in Medicine clinics will be needed indefinitely to continue to care for those who remain uninsured, who fall through the cracks or are unable to afford health insurance.
There are 50.7 million uninsured Americans as of the 2010 census, and in some states, over a quarter of the population is uninsured. States in the...
The House is voting (again) to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. Meanwhile, six Republican governors (so far) say they won’t go along ...
One of the biggest misconceptions about President Obama's health care overhaul isn't who the law will cover, but rather who it won't. I...
SEWANEE, Tenn. - As Robin Layman, a mother of two who has major health troubles but no insurance, arrived at a free clinic here, she had a big persona...
On Monday, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that changes how uninsured patients are billed after receiving hospital treatment. Senate...
As CEO of a busy and highly effective federally qualified heath center in South Los Angeles, I see the changes taking place -- changes that impact everyone, but are hardest on those who never reached the pinnacle of that economic slope.
The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize the Affordable Care Act -- dubbing it the "Job-Killing Heal...
NEW YORK — The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon. Stella, a small bu...
We are indebted to the late Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health for this basic definition of the four pillars of primary care.
March 9, 2011 12:14:26 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling in Florida that struck down it...
Civility reigned Wednesday during a health care debate between Reps. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) and Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on "Larry King Live." Bo...
Lack of adequate health care may have contributed to the deaths of some 17,000 US children over the past two decades, according to a study released by...
On Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) shed tears on the House floor during a speech on the need for health insurance reform. Reading lett...
