Healthcare Systems & Policy

All reporting beats have learning curves, but covering health care is an especially tough assignment. Riddled with acronyms, thickets of policy and fast-changing politics, the beat is full of challenges. That’s true whether you’re covering a local hospital merger, rising premiums, or the latest twis

On the heels of the fellowship series "The Children of Central City," the New Orleans City Council recently approved a resolution calling for a citywide approach to childhood trauma.

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

In California's Mendocino County, startling rates of suicide highlight a severe lack of access to mental health care.

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?

In Washington, D.C., the rush to capitalize on the influx of more affluent residents is having long-term effects on the health of residents young and old.

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.

In Appalachia, a legacy hospital system is failing to keep people well and remain solvent. Can a new modernized health system take its place?

Decades of research have underscored the health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and babies. You wouldn't know that from recent U.S. moves at the World Health Assembly.