CMS on Friday released an informational bulletin with updated federal poverty level standards applied to eligibility criteria ...

A handful of states have moved to soften the blow of lapsed federal subsidies for health insurance premiums.

Unfortunately, federal efforts to protect people from crippling medical debt have stalled. This means that now more than ever ...

About 7.7 million Americans count on monthly government checks through a program for low-income seniors or people with disabilities. Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, as it's known, provided an ...

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, health insurance, and the quiet cost of losing government help. A Wall Street ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Monthly premiums for subsidized healthcare plans offered by Covered California — this state’s Obamacare insurance ...

Under congressional mandate, the National Academies’ Board on Children, Youth, and Families (BCYF) and the Committee on National Statistics will conduct a consensus study to assess the impacts of the ...

Wall Street strategist Michael Green caused a stir on social media last week with his outlandish claim that the federal poverty line should be raised to cover individuals earning as much as $140,000 ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. Under congressional mandate, the National Academies’ Board on ...

Wendy Netter Epstein is a member of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Advisory Committee. Christopher Robertson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Thousands in Florida who rely on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program will see their coverage cut or their medication changed, ...

The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance. By David W. Chen The ...