The Washington State Hospital Association filed suit Monday against the state Department of Health over a proposed rule allowing out-of-state patients to receive charity care , saying such a policy would make medical care harder to access and more expensive for Washington residents. This requires hospitals to provide free or discounted care to anyone, anywhere. …
Medicine By Marc Lallanilla Published October 13, 2023, 11:58 a.m. ET If you’re American, you’re probably taking drugs or soon will be. A new study finds that people born today in the United States will spend about half their lives taking prescription drugs. And for women, that figure is closer to 60% of their lifetime. …
Arizona lawmakers said they were disappointed the state agreed to fund gender-affirming surgeries for state employees in a consent decree that ends years of class-action lawsuits filed by a professor at the University of Arizona. The consent decree, approved last week by a federal district court judge in Tucson, comes months after Gov. Katie Hobbs …