For certain aspects of healthcare, Arizona is the freest state in the nation. The least free? New Jersey.

The agency said $22 million will be sent to community-based initiatives to aid areas hit hardest by the opioid crisis. 

A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research projects that dust blowing away from the dry lakebed will increase chronic illness, emergency room visits and bring additional water acquisition costs that may outweigh the cost of finding ways to bring water to the lake.

The American Hospital Association is urging a multi-industry setter of insurance standards to paint a comprehensive picture of healthcare affordability as it informs state officials about healthcare costs.

Sen. Nikil Saval, representing the commonwealth’s first district in Philadelphia, circulated a letter to colleagues last week announcing his plan to introduce legislation to bring universal healthcare coverage to every resident of the state. 

The general public is smiling at local healthcare providers while snarling at federal healthcare agencies, according to a survey report posted Aug. 31 by Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Medicare Advantage plans were the least likely to deny standard requests but still did so about 12% of the time. Medicaid managed care insurers rejected standard prior authorizations 14% of the time on average. KFF used 2025 payer data on 71 million Americans for its analysis.