Few issues will unite presidential candidates on the campaign trail this year, but there is common ground on an important health care issue: the opioid epidemic. Drug overdoses claimed the lives of 129 people per day in the United States...

Why Is This News? 2016 opened with yet another vote by the Republican controlled Congress to repeal the ACA coupled with more muttering about a replace agenda — we really really mean it this time. Maybe by the time we are...

Consumer advocates across the country are increasingly developing expertise in payment reform and new models for health care delivery.

Just before the holiday recess Congress completed work on a budget package that included what some have described as "blows" to the ACA. Here's a belated reaction to a couple of the most discussed provisions. Unpacking the Cadillac Tax Debate...

Even consumers who do their best to get care from providers in their networks may still be charged unexpectedly for out-of-network care – an issue otherwise known as surprise medical bills or balance billing. Currently, no federal standards on surprise...

Gun violence in the US seems to have reached epidemic proportions averaging at least one mass shooting per day in 2015. According to OECD data 87 percent of the children in the developed world who die from gun violence live in the...

In the fight against drug addiction, the small waterfront city of Gloucester, MA, made a big splash this year. The police chief’s Angel program encourages residents living with an addiction to come to the police station with the promise of...

Over the last few years, states have witnessed widespread failings within agencies charged with overseeing the well-being of children in foster care.

Just in time for this open enrollment period, there’s a great new tool to help women get started using their health insurance.