A handful of states received federal waivers allowing use of Medicaid funding for medically tailored meals or nutrition counseling.

As many as 15 million people may lose Medicaid coverage after the pandemic emergency is formally declared over. But the government’s own projections show many of them will still qualify. They’ll just get hung up in the paperwork.

“We’ve never invested in the ability of families to afford the care that they need,” says Ai-jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Dental schools may need to train more students to keep up with demand in Tennessee.

Medicaid sometimes pays family members to provide in-home care for relatives. But the programs vary from state to state.

Community health workers present at doctor’s appointments can help parents navigate food, sleep, behavior and child development.

When Michigan expanded the health coverage program for low-income people, it led to 30,000 new jobs in the state.

The Trump administration had said states could require some people to prove they had work to get benefits.

In the U.S., Black and Indigenous women are two to three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes in the first year as white women.

Will a surge in enrollments prompted by the pandemic mean cuts to benefits?