Health and Human Services
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The St. Mary’s Food Bank is using GIS technology to get food to communities, an initiative that plays an increasingly important role as the federal government explores funding changes to benefits programs. -
The state recently reached a rideshare milestone in its partnership with GoGoGrandparent, an on-demand transportation and delivery service platform designed to offer older adults greater independence at no cost.
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The grant, which would have benefitted the Birmingham Biotechnology Hub, led by Southern Research, has been cancelled. The award followed its 2023 designation as one of 31 federal Tech Hubs, setting the stage for funding.
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Since rolling out the food stamp program on new software in September 2012, NC FAST has been plagued by delays in clients receiving benefits.
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Two weeks after the scheduled start of open enrollment, Hawaii residents are now able to compare health plans and enroll in medical coverage under Obamacare.
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is piloting a kiosk that enables employees to virtually meet with doctors without leaving the office.
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Health insurance marketplaces got off to a rocky start this month, largely because of an aggressive timeline that rushed development for many states.
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News reports have state-run health insurance marketplaces faring better than the federal portal, with some marketplaces enrolling thousands in health coverage.
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Consumers shopping on health insurance marketplaces find the pricing very complicated, varying widely from one area of the country to another for the same coverage.
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While the federal government has grabbed headlines for slow health insurance exchange enrollment, many state-based marketplaces have amassed thousands of completed coverage applications.
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A deceivingly similar Web address to the Washington state Health Insurance Exchange is leading consumers to a private insurance website offering health-care policies of its own.
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The launch of the new national health insurance marketplace is bringing about a host of scams by would-be fraudsters seeking consumers' personal information.
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On the first day of the shutdown, some state unemployment offices received an unusually high number of applications from federal employees.
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After three years of political strife that intensified into a government shutdown on the eve of implementation, the engineers of the Affordable Care Act slipped the keystone of the law into place.
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The Twitterverse, and much of the country, weighed in on the bumpy launch of health insurance exchanges on Tuesday, as many sites saw downtime from spikes in site traffic.
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Confused about whether you qualify for health-care and government tax credit subsidies? Two new online tools help users calculate their eligibility.
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A public-private partnership in Maryland helped unite the state's health insurance marketplace and other social programs in a single eligibility platform.
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Some governments are tackling problems using a new method that seems to be gaining momentum.
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A new survey says two-thirds of U.S. adults aren’t aware of health insurance exchanges (HIXs) and their pending Oct. 1 launch.
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On the eve of the implementation of one of Obamacare’s most significant provisions, Governing spoke to Harvard economist David Cutler.
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With the launch of Cover Oregon, state officials expect their commitment to design thinking to pay off.
