There’s nothing like an ambulance when you really need one, but they’re expensive, and a lot of people who call an ambulance could be better served with a different, cheaper kind of care.

Although the Obama administration has given insurers extra time to bring their plans into compliance with the health law, some may opt to drop substandard coverage this fall.

In one Olympic Peninsula community, a clinic turns away 250 callers a week.

Gov. LePage’s decision to shrink, rather than expand, Medicaid has put strains on health providers as well as the poor.

Secretary Burwell further strengthens HHS management team

Federal actuaries say the economic rebound and increasing number of people with insurance will push up spending.

State taxpayers could spend more than $10 billion by 2022 to provide medical coverage for low-income residents of other states while getting nothing in return.

Call center wait times climb even as the application backlog mounts and the state reports the single largest monthly drop in Medicaid enrollment in June.