Medicaid

New research from the University of Michigan shows that women are more likely than men to wind up without health insurance after a divorce — and those rates remain elevated for at least two years after the divorce is final.

More than three million more people are now collecting Social Security payments because of disability then were in 2007. A new report from the Obama administration and others suggests that as people lose unemployment benefits, they’re going after disability benefits.

With a mandate to implement $1.2 trillion in budget cuts or new revenue by next Wednesday, signs are emerging that the Congressional Super Committee may try to punt its responsibility to other committees.

Several states’ newly elected conservative lawmakers are pushing legislation that restrict funding to, and regulate clinics that provide abortions.

A new study shows people on Medicaid see doctors more regularly, are more financially stable and less depressed.