Medicaid

Medicaid covers 60% of births in South Carolina, but Medicaid patients also made up 65% of pregnancy-related deaths in 2021. One study is researching how doulas can be a possible solution.

Federal cuts to Medicaid will shrink over 10 years. Hospitals relying on state-directed payments, especially independent hospitals, are trying not to worry.

From July 18-19, The Palmetto Palace is providing free and essential dental care for low-income and uninsured adults.

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

The attorneys general of North and South Carolina and federal agents and prosecutors say the behavioral health information of several children with disabilities was used to bilk millions of dollars from Medicaid.

SC Public Radio's Maayan Schechter asks S.C. Hospital Association President and CEO Thornton Kirby about the potential impact to hospitals in the Senate and House proposals as Congress races to pass President Donald Trump's big bill by July 4.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 2 in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case over whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from providing non-abortion health care services to Medicaid recipients.

The tax credits hat help subsidize insurance plans bought through the federal Marketplace are nearing the end of their extension. If they disappear, South Carolina could feel it, a new report concludes.

South Carolina remains one of 10 states that has not expanded Medicaid access under the Affordable Care Act. A long-awaited report aims to show the state what it's missing out on.

The veto was one of 21 line items nixed by the governor Wednesday.