Health Care

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Nurses hope the union will mean more power in negotiating pay and lead to better working conditions amid pandemic-era turnover.

The ACA has required health insurers to provide many medical screenings and other preventive services with no out-of-pocket cost to health plan members. But a recent court decision could upend that.

Last year, the federal government required most insurance companies to cover the drug known as PrEP. But a group of Christian business owners claimed the mandate pushes them to “facilitate homosexual behavior.”

Central Health is finalizing a budget for next fiscal year that tops $300 million. A lot of that money will come from property taxes.

Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.

Physicians must treat in line with patients' wishes and standards of care. Some medical ethicists say that abortion bans will force doctors to disregard these obligations in order to follow the law.

First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 10 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.

The state’s high court allowed the investigations to continue but said the Texas Department of Family Protective Services is not bound by Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s orders.

More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured in Texas, the highest rate in the nation, and the state has chosen to cap Medicaid benefits for new moms earlier than other states.