Topic: Uninsured

While the Trump administration decides whether to adopt a “public charge” policy, doctors and clinics are torn over what to tell immigrant patients.

Don Berwick, former CMS administrator and IHI co-founder, sat down with FierceHealthcare to discuss the state of health policy.

The individual mandate repeal could boost premiums in California’s exchanges, but policy experts warn that the state represents a "best case scenario."

Express Scripts closed a three-year extension with Walmart on Wednesday to provide access to the retail giant’s prescription services.

The Trump administration's proposed public charge rule could affect the health status of 350,000 patients at the country's largest public hospital.

The uninsured rate among citizen children of noncitizen parents fell 10% over eight years. The public charge rule could make that number climb again.

The number of children without insurance rose for the first time in a decade, and the trend may be spurred in part by the immigration debate. 

The Golden State has made notable progress reducing racial disparities in coverage, but even one poor policy decision could send it back to square one.

Flexibility can be extremely valuable in crafting health policy—or it can underpin poor policy, with potentially dangerous consequences, experts say.

Public health and economic problems would ensue if the rule is finalized and millions of children and adults disenroll, says Kaiser Family Foundation.