Health Insurance and Costs

One solution to allay the high numbers may be a pilot project the Los Angeles County Fire Department is trying out: a “health care on wheels.”

A Los Angeles County Fire Department pilot project is testing out a a mobile integrated health care unit. The goal is to see if a “healthcare on wheels” model can help alleviate crowded emergency departments

Emergency departments at three hospitals stood out in all of California as the ones that were the most visited in 2016. They couldn’t be more different.

ER visits grew an average of 4 percent every year from 2010 to 2016.

Journalists are playing a key role in highlighting outrageous health care price tags. Why this flood of stories now? And will they make a difference?

The expansion of Medicaid has been key to getting more homeless people permanently housed in Los Angeles and beyond.

After a near-fatal illness, columnist Trudy Lieberman returns with renewed conviction on how essential health coverage is for all Americans.

The Trump administration's recent efforts to shrink the social safety net will only make treating the real drivers of health harder.

NYT's Katie Thomas shares how she finds and vets stories of real people stung by ever-rising drug prices, and expert panelists provide key context for rounding out coverage.

Undocumented immigrants’ health issues are almost always ignored by the mainstream media. One reporter set out to tell stories about their difficulty accessing care.