Health care

The leader of UnitedHealth Group wrote that the health insurance executive gunned down on a Manhattan sidewalk last week cared about consumers and was working to make the system better.

For 15 years, Donna and Gary Lindabury, of Vylas, North Carolina, lived with the financial equivalent of an anvil over their heads: a medical debt owed to a nonprofit hospital that at one point reached $200,000.

No arrests have been made in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot Wednesday in midtown Manhattan.

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has opened the door for many people to vent their frustrations and anger over the insurance industry. The feelings of exasperation, anger, resentment, and helplessness toward insurers aren’t new. But the shooting and the headlines around it have unleashed a new wave of patients sharing such sentiments and personal stories of interactions with insurance...

For many Americans, finding affordable long-term care is a challenge. One congressman wants to create a federal program to help.

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Some Hartford HealthCare facilities will see armed guards next year after workers spoke out about acts of violence against them from both patients and visitors. Back in September, union members with CHCA District 199 who work at the Hospital of Central Connecticut’s Bradley Memorial Campus in Southington spoke out about clashes with patients that turned physical, and pointed to the…

Six Hartford Healthcare facilities are set to have armed security in 2025.

A nonprofit substance abuse network celebrated the opening of its first primary care center in Waterbury on Friday. McCall Behavioral Health Network will provide primary care services including preventative care, vaccinations, health screenings as well as an adolescent services program. “We can take care of their primary care needs, we can take care of their mental health needs, kids, adults,…

The cost of generic drugs for many people could go up if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose sweeping tariffs on products from China and other foreign countries, policy experts say.

National Rural Health Day is a day to honor and thank efforts of rural healthcare providers, communities and organizations. Connecticut is being impacted by the nationwide crisis of these communities losing medical resources.

The physician and TV personality’s views on health policy have evolved significantly over the years.

Connecticut’s Medicaid expenses are on pace for a $220 million budget shortfall.

Connecticut’s Medicaid expenses are on pace for a $220 million budget shortfall. A policy extending coverage to undocumented children 15 and under is one of the reasons. The Office of Policy and Management, or OPM, doesn’t have any estimate for how much extra the policy is costing, but Democrats are standing by it. “We can be either proactive and humane…

President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care.

Choosing health insurance during open enrollment may seem complicated, but it’s easy once you break it down into steps.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they’re not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.

Whichever party wins control of the House and Senate must decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy matters.

Starting Friday, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients can get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.