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Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities

The proposed regulations come after an 18-month investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found dozens of violations at the state’s largest facilities.

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Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs.”

Life of the Mother

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

Abortion clinics rushed to provide care after a judge rejected the state’s ban, an order that could soon be paused by a higher court. It’s only the latest development since ProPublica reported the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller.

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863 stories published since 2008

For Decades, Calls for Reform to Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System Have Gone Unanswered

Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of Patients

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

State Regulators Know Health Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It.

How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw

An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law Says That’s Fine.

ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo

A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “Crime” to Intervene in Her Miscarriage at a Texas Hospital

¿Está atrapado en el atraso por la acumulación de solicitudes en Texas para tener Medicaid y cupones de alimentos? ¿Conoce a alguien en esta situación? Ayúdenos a informar.

A pesar de las constantes advertencias, Texas se apresuró a despojar a millones de personas de Medicaid

“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care

Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

A Hospital Kept a Brain-Damaged Patient on Life Support to Boost Statistics. His Sister Is Now Suing for Malpractice.

Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.

Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.

Did a Georgia Hospital Break Federal Law When It Failed to Save Amber Thurman? A Senate Committee Chair Wants Answers.

Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.

New Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for Mental Health Care Coverage

“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network

Struggling to Find an In-Network Mental Health Provider? Here’s What You Can Do.

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance

Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States

Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care”

Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

Some Surprises in the No Surprises Act

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment

Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

Facing Unchecked Syphilis Outbreak, Great Plains Tribes Sought Federal Help. Months Later, No One Has Responded.

Transgender Care Coverage Policies in North Carolina and West Virginia Are Discriminatory, Court Rules

FDA Moves to Scrutinize Specialized Health Screenings

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Texas Appeals Court Throws Out Defamation Lawsuit Against ProPublica, Houston Chronicle