As the number of elderly inmates needing long-term care rises, some states are looking for alternatives beyond prison walls.

KHN’s consumer columnist Michelle Andrews explores a divorced mother’s efforts to get her ex-husband to keep their sons on his plan, one senior’s problems getting Medicare to cover his antibiotic infusion at home and what earnings one reader will have to count when applying for premium subsidies.

A one-year pilot project in Gosnold, Mass., provides recovering addicts with daily, sometimes hourly, help from a recovery coach.

Truvada is a drug that can help people who are not infected avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS. But some patients are worried the medical community is not up to speed.

A little-known office tests ways to improve care, but some wonder whether its achievements will match its budget.

The latest fight centers around if states can require doctors to have admitting privileges at hospitals close to where they perform abortions.

Vermont plays the maverick again in trying to be the first state to implement a single-payer health care system.

These plans, which can last from a month to nearly a year, do not guarantee many of the benefits of regular health insurance.