After a series of in-custody deaths, the Sheriff’s Office is piloting smartwatch-style biometric devices to alert staff when inmates show signs of medical distress. The move has been hailed as promising but fraught with privacy and technical challenges.
The Living Donor Support Program will cover up to $14,000 in expenses under a statewide initiative expected to assist up to 500 people annually.
The possibility that Congress could reach a deal on ACA subsidies has thrown this year’s open enrollment period into chaos. State leaders are gaming out strategies just in case.
With some counties lacking a single dentist and Medicaid reimbursements covering less than half of costs, Alabama’s pediatric dental-care system depends on a few practitioners stretched to the breaking point.
Proposition 36 — which made certain repeat drug and theft crimes into felonies — did not allocate funding to expand treatment slots or coordinate referrals.
But it doesn’t seem to be working, at least not yet. Pilot programs in Louisiana and Arizona reveal weak participation, limited functionality and risks of widespread coverage loss.
As demand for GLP-1 medications for weight loss surges and drug costs exceed $990 per month, state policymakers wrestle with coverage decisions and affordability concerns.
With the CDC’s dashboards and analysis paused, states are forced into DIY surveillance just as respiratory illness season begins.
The initiative offers GPS-enabled smartwatches and radio transmitters to help locate missing residents with dementia, autism or other conditions.
Primary and preventive care have been shown to reduce negative health outcomes. A new report outlines strategies for reverting a primary-care shortage.
Lawmakers approved a $17 million plan to replace expiring federal tax credits, preventing rate hikes of more than 300 percent for some households.
California is set to adopt the nation’s first legal definition of ultra-processed foods, part of a growing red-blue wave targeting additives, dyes and school meals as childhood obesity rises.
To balance budgets, states are trimming provider rates even before President Trump’s tax law strips $1 trillion in federal Medicaid support over 10 years.
Analysts report $11 billion in spending even as the state serves 31,000 fewer residents and patients struggle with long waits and access hurdles.
When it comes to protecting their residents from environmental harms, lawmakers in red and blue states alike are making progress without waiting for Washington.
Changing federal guidelines are creating uncertainty about access to the updated COVID-19 vaccination. Connecticut has found a way to bring clarity.
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