With mental health costs rising and insurance coverage uneven, state lawmakers are pursuing various policy actions to ensure people have access to affordable care.

To preserve access to important emergency and other outpatient health care in rural communities, Congress created a new Medicare provider type, rural emergency hospital, under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Shifting Medicaid spending from institutional to home-based care, a process known as rebalancing, can reduce state costs and let seniors stay at home as they age.

Workforce shortages, overdose rates, mental health disorders and maternal mortality worsened over the last couple of years, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and state legislatures are taking steps to address these issues.

Updates to the FDA’s Model Food Code, the agency’s guidelines on food service best practices, may help states better manage the evolving retail landscape by encouraging more food donation and allowing animals in food facilities in...

Over 575 drug pricing bills have been introduced in 47 states and Puerto Rico as of Feb. 28, and five topics are trending: pharmacy benefit manager policies, insulin prices, copays and deductibles, prescription pricing and prior authorization.