States and the federal government aim to renew coverage for 15.3 million already signed up on exchanges and Medicaid — and enroll about 10 million more who are currently uninsured.

But new pitch by Republican candidates to make the Pill available without a prescription could have unintended financial consequences for women.

Experts says a series of recent threats, including the first Ebola patient to develop symptoms in the U.S., raise questions about the state’s capacity to deal with contagious diseases.

Nearly 4 in 10 private sector workers lack paid sick leave, many of them women and low-wage earners.

Although fewer patients are now returning to the hospital within a month, the fines reached a record level this year.

Medicare evaluated the readmission rates of the nation’s hospitals in determining the third year of penalties in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. This table lists the average impact on hospitals in each state.

The methodology behind KHN’s analysis of the third year of the Medicare penalty program.

Those who held onto plans that didn’t comply with the health law may have to choose new ones for 2015 and they could cost more.