More than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees are expected to receive a one-time $90 payment.

Aqua RichJo| September 26, 2026 Texas’ next maternal-mortality report was expected September 1. Now the state says it will come in December—after voters go to the polls on November 3 and after lawmakers can begin filing bills on November 9. Women’s-health advocates and lawmakers rallied outside the Texas Department of State Health Services on Friday, demanding answers about the delay. The report is supposed to examine deaths associated with pregnancy and recommend ways to pre

Aqua RichJo | September 25, 2026 Two more major hospital systems have agreed to stop providing specified gender-affirming treatments to minors as part of federal settlements. NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will also pay a combined $9.45 million. The Justice Department says at least four other hospital systems have entered similar agreements. The money and the care restrictions are real terms of the latest agreements. The government’s all

Aqua RichJo | September 24, 2026 The federal government says it canceled about 315,000 Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollments covering more than 760,000 people. Its reason: CMS says the enrollments were unauthorized. The question for patients is immediate: Is my coverage still active? CMS announced the action on September 22, but its fact sheet says the cancellations happened August 31. The agency expects to recover approximately $2.2 billion in premium subsidies tied to