Health and wellness

The White House has shortened the enhanced Medicaid formula funding to two years from a proposed four years and continues to stall on publication of a Federal Register notice about the availability of the disaster aid.

The taxing and regulating of a new product that's ingested into the lungs to deliver nicotine is dealt with under federal, state and local laws. William Cox explains Kroll Bond Rating Agency's thoughts about vaping and the associated revenues for governments. John Hallacy hosts.

With closure of Hamlin Memorial Hospital, Texas has lost 19 rural hospitals since 2010, the most of any state.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that Macomb County is not contractually bound to provide lifetime healthcare benefits to retirees.

Expect to see the dirt flying within the next month at West View Healthy Living.

Gov. Pete Ricketts, who won re-election last Tuesday, has said that expansion costs will be covered by existing revenue.

New Jersey’s health benefit agreements with public sector unions mark an important step toward managing a growing expense, according to Moody’s.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the state will save $497 million over two years.

More than a decade after voters created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas with $3 billion of bond funding, the state is nearing that goal with a $322 million deal this week.

The rating is one level below Advocate's existing rating and two higher than Aurora's.