Health care

The Supreme Court last week decided to leave the Affordable Care Act intact. We look at that decision and health care program 12 years including its origins, the controversy and how it’s working today.

The Supreme Court last week decided to leave the Affordable Care Act intact. We look at that decision and health care program 12 years including its origins, the controversy and how it’s working today.

The Supreme Court last week decided to leave the Affordable Care Act intact. We look at that decision and health care program 12 years including its origins, the controversy and how it’s working today.

Some Americans are taking on multiple jobs yet still struggling to make ends meet, and that is affecting their health and well-being. Researchers found low-quality, precarious employment is to blame, and it's disproportionately impacting African Americans and other minority populations.

Hospitals have a lot of tests to find a problem, such as X-rays, MRIs and CT scans. But studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to get this imaging in an emergency, and that might lead to other health issues.

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president's proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services.

"My own personal view that this is too extreme, it was too broad and did not grandfather in those young people who are currently under hormone treatment," he said, before apologizing.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, called the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or SAFE Act, "a vast government overreach." The legislature could override the veto with a simple majority.

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.