For school some districts, at least a portion of that extra expense is being offset with funds from the federal government.

Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...

They say that 'compassion is often the best medicine.' I hope President Trump, Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. can show patients like mine ...

Last week, just days after his inauguration, Donald Trump eliminated the membership of a key committee that handles aviation ...

With prescription drug costs soaring, Illinois lawmakers announced legislation this week reviving efforts to create a ...

Legislators and medical policy advocates revealed the proposal at a press conference Wednesday at the capitol in Springfield.

(THE CONVERSATION) Amid a flurry of executive orders affecting transgender Americans, the Trump administration ordered restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Calling it “a stain on our ...

This bill creates a board, it meaningfully engages a stakeholder council that is appointed in a bipartisan manner and puts people, puts our constituents, over profits. Because at the end ...

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

Introducing work requirements for Medicaid recipients is something the GOP has suggested will be brought into action.

Trump’s pick for health secretary showed a poor understanding of a key part of the job.

North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the ...