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News Articles: Health Care

Medical plan cards are seen in Portland, Ore. A federal judge this past week overturned a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical bills from credit reports and prevented lenders from making decisions based on that medical information.

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  • Politics

Americans' medical debt can stay in credit reports, judge rules. What does that mean?

The judge's decision vacated a rule imposed by the Biden administration earlier this year to keep medical debt from affecting credit scores.

July 16, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Volunteers share bags of groceries Wednesday with some of the close to 500 families who access food aid at the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Macon every week. The St. Peter Claver pantry is just one of over 150 pantries affiliated with the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank.

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  • Health Care

How will Georgia manage changes to SNAP and Medicaid rules? State leaders are figuring it out 

By using AI-powered bots and better supporting caseworkers, social service providers in Georgia are still trying to catch up on a backlogs of applications to the programs.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Emma Farrell gives a room tour at her new apartment in the Soaring Heights community in Conyers, Ga., in January 2025.

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  • Health

InCommunity of Atlanta celebrates 35 years of Americans with Disabilities Act

Georgia's leading nonprofit supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is celebrating the milestone 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act this month. The landmark law helped shape more inclusive and accessible services in the Atlanta area.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A woman holds a pink signs that says, "save our lilves ... don't gut medicaid"

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  • Health

Southern Poverty Law Center report names 5 Georgia counties with most Medicaid recipients

Access to Medicaid in the Deep South is a crucial lifeline because the region has one of the highest percentages of people living in poverty in the United States, according to the SPLC report.

July 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Alexis Ratcliff, 19, (right) moved into her own apartment this week after living in a North Carolina hospital since she was 13. She was a baby when a car accident left her with significant disabilities.

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  • Health Care

The disabled teen stuck in a hospital for six years finally gets her own home

When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.

July 02, 2025
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  • Joseph Shapiro
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is warning about the detrimental impact that the massive tax and spending legislation backed by President Trump could have on healthcare services in her state.

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  • Politics

Maine can't afford to lose federal funding, governor says

Maine Gov. Janet Mills speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how President Trump's massive tax and spending bill will harm the state's healthcare system and residents.

July 02, 2025
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Destinee Adams
The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments during a redistricting hearing at the state Capitol, Nov. 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The court decided Wednesday, July 2, 2025, that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion.

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  • National

Wisconsin's 1849 law does not ban abortion, the state Supreme Court rules

After years of litigation following the Dobbs decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, with their liberal majority, ruled that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion in the state.

July 02, 2025
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  • Maayan Silver
A concrete portico at one of the former main entrances of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center is torn down on June 30, 2025. The demolition project of the 1.8 million square foot site got started after a years-long moratorium from the city.

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  • News

Years after hospital's closure, the demolition project at Atlanta Medical Center kicks off

The city is supporting a multi-use project in the place of Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, which closed suddenly in 2022.

July 01, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
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  • Law

Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care

Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.

June 27, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
The U.S. Supreme Court decision comes at an important time for Planned Parenthood, which is facing financial difficulties nationwide.

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  • Law

Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

June 26, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Anuli Ononye
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following the weekly Senate Republican luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24. Senate Republicans are working to quickly pass the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill," President Trump's signature legislation.

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  • Politics

Medicaid changes don't meet Senate rules in 'big, beautiful bill' says parliamentarian

The nonpartisan Senate official whose office determines if legislation fits within the rules of the chamber dealt Senate Republicans a blow on proposed changes to Medicaid.

June 26, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Claudia Grisales
brian kemp in a mask

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  • Health

Georgia health scorecard rank ties directly to policy and lack of affordable health care, group says

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund ranks Georgia’s health care system 45th overall in the nation.

June 23, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Patricia Cheeley, center, has been coming to Homeplace Adult Day Center in Wrens, G.a. for about five years. She's often found in the living room reading from her Bible. Cheeley and others who are elderly and/or disabled and eligible for Medicaid can use it to pay for long-term support services, like attendance to a day center.

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  • Health Care

For Georgia's aging population, Medicaid cuts threaten options for care

Medicaid helps pay for the services seniors can no longer do for themselves. Proposed cuts target federal spending for the program, worrying providers of caregiving services.

June 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Grace Bisch hold a picture of stepson Eddie Bisch who died as a result of an overdose on outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 4, 2023  in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court overturned a previous version of the Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy plan, leading to a new deal now under review.

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  • Health

Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion opioid settlement

A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories

June 16, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
senior man playing with puzzles on table

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  • Health Care

As dementia diagnoses rise, a Georgia nonprofit steps in to support caregivers

Beyond Dementia Coalition helps caregivers navigate the unique challenges of dementia and prepare communities for a growing public health crisis.

June 16, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
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