Community health centers are a national network of nearly 1,400 safety-net primary care providers that served more than 32.7 million patients in 2025. They are located in medically underserved urban and rural communities and provide comprehensive primary care, mental health, and supportive services to patients regardless of their ability to pay.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released information about Medicare Part D plans for 2027, including plan availability and premiums for the coming year. The agency emphasized stability in the Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) marketplace for 2027 (as it did for 2026) and estimated only a modest $1 increase in the average monthly PDP premium from $35 to $36. 

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Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age.

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Overview

Amid the largest U.S. measles epidemic in decades, and one that threatens the country’s measles elimination status, a controversy has emerged regarding how to count deaths from measles. In August and September this year, Pennsylvania reported that four measles deaths had occurred in the state but so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized just one of these in its official measles statistics.

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If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital.

One way patients can avoid medical debt is through hospital financial assistance, also known as charity care. Most of the nation’s hospitals offer free or discounted medical care to patients with very high medical debt or low incomes.

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The big “Make America Healthy Again” summit at a glitzy Washington, D.C., hotel this week highlighted a split in the movement between moms who want pesticides and artificial ingredients out of their kids’ food and wellness entrepreneurs who want to promote their products to government regulators.

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In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat.

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Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated.

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Key Takeaways

• There are an estimated 2,400 to 2,800 Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in the US. These sites, also referred to as Pregnancy Centers, are established to dissuade pregnant people from seeking abortion care and are often associated with or established by faith-based or anti-abortion organizations. They usually attract clients by offering free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, and material goods like diapers or clothing.  

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher.

Years ago, she taught English as a second language overseas and loved it.

“It’s so exciting to me to watch someone learn a new word or have that spark of understanding,” she said.

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