There's a moment, usually in a waiting room or at a kitchen table, when "health policy" stops being an abstract debate and becomes concrete. It is the moment someone realizes their plan does not cover ...

Understandably, a growing number of Americans are dissatisfied with our expensive, dysfunctional health care system. We spend far more money on health care than any other country, yet rank far down ...

Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in the United States each May to educate the public, highlight the importance of mental well-being, and advocate for better mental health ...

The recent, abrupt termination – and equally abrupt reversal – of nearly $2 billion in federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grants to providers across the country should ...

This summer marks a powerful milestone: the one-year anniversary of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University — a bold and visionary step toward transforming medical and ...

I’m overdue for a mammogram, I haven’t had my cholesterol checked, and I’ve been ignoring aches and pains for months. It’s time to finally make my health a priority. I add this resolution to my list, ...

Raul Garza, president and CEO of Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness, which has 22 health centers including five in the south suburbs, doesn’t know exactly how many of the more than 50,000 patients Aunt ...

Consistent with the old maxim that all politics is local, it is also true that all policy is local. Whether on Capitol Hill or Beacon Hill, policies that lawmakers enact inevitably have repercussions ...