Health & Wellness

TL/DR - Idaho lawmakers are set to vote on a bill seeking to prohibit the use of public funds for gender-affirming care, including its use by state employees and adults registered with Medicaid. If approved, Idaho will join at least nine other states with similar bans, potentially leading to an expected lawsuit in federal court due to previous…

TL/DR - The US federal government requires every state to recover money from the assets of deceased individuals who relied on Medicaid, a taxpayer-funded health insurance for low-income Americans, during their final years. The home of the deceased, however, is subject to the estate recovery process if the individual was above 55 and used Medicaid…

TL/DR - Almost half of Wyoming's counties lack a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist (OB-GYN), affecting around 16,300 women of reproductive age who must seek prenatal and delivery care elsewhere, according to a recent Wyoming Department of Health assessment. The same study found that six out of 23 counties also lack a delivery facility,…

TL/DR - Maryland currently has multiple opportunities to improve insurance coverage and care accessibility for substance use and mental health, with over 2,500 Marylanders lost to overdose in 2023 alone, 922,000 individuals aged 12 and older documented as having a substance use disorder, and another 1,089,000 struggling with mental health issues.…