Health Insurance and Costs

Stories of absurd bills have been great for boosting awareness, but the next batch needs to take a harder look at the politics halting change, writes Trudy Lieberman.

Californians remain without a scorecard to track the performance of Medicaid provider groups, and state officials don't seem eager to change that.

Could a family have been spared the heartache of a baby with severe nerve damage if they knew more about the hospital where the mother planned to give birth?

At one of the busiest public hospitals in the nation, doctors are making a big push to better address the underlying forces shaping health.

Politico's Paul Demko looks at how three states — Washington, Mississippi and Idaho — are pursuing divergent paths under the new ACA landscape.

Puerto Rico was facing a health care crisis long before Hurricane Maria hit last year. The storm has made the problems much worse.

It has been very difficult to compare the quality of care delivered by California's Medicaid providers. A new effort seeks to change that.

A yearlong effort to obtain basic Medicaid provider data in L.A. was rebuffed. Some health care leaders shut their doors gently. Others slammed them shut.

The need for more affordable coverage is real, but association health plans have had a dismal track record through the years.

“This is really an issue that you can explore in your state no matter what,” said WSJ health policy reporter Stephanie Armour.