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In 2015, Indiana expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act. The Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP 2.0, extended coverage to about 250,000…

Indiana has one of the nation’s highest smoking rates, but a bill working its way through the legislature aims to change that, in part by raising the…

This week - Apparently unfazed by Republican threats to repeal Obamacare, Indiana is asking the federal government to extend its Medicaid expansion. ...…

MANCHESTER, Ky. — This economically depressed city in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is an image of frozen-in-time decline: empty storefronts…

Many Native Americans have shifted to the Affordable Care Act for health coverage, and in rural Montana that's created jobs. The state could lose 3,000 health care jobs if the ACA is repealed.

A proposal that would limit opioid prescriptions passed a Senate committee Wednesday. It is one of 15 measures authored by Sen. Jim Merritt that aim to…

This week - In one small Kentucky town, 11 pharmacies serve 1,500 people. Among their best-selling products? Opioids. ... Many homeless got Medicaid…

A quarter of doctors practicing in the U.S. went to medical school elsewhere. Many of these physicians practice in parts of this country that the government says need more primary care providers.

This week - Needles might not sound like the best way to reduce opioid use, but Vermont hopes properly placed acupuncture can provide an alternative to…

Jay Zimmerman got his first BB gun when he was 7, and his first shotgun when he was 10.“Growing up in Appalachia, you look forward to getting your first…