When the news recently broke that Jimmy Carter, who first announced he had metastatic melanoma in 2015, was entering hospice care, many media resources reported that the former president "decided to ...

On the Monday, January 19, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: What started as a viral joke has grown into a cultural reset. Melani Sanders, creator of the We Do Not Care Club, joins The Excerpt to ...

Medicare helps pay for various services at every stage of dementia, covering tests for thinking skills, home healthcare, prescription drugs, and hospice care. Medicare covers up to 100 days in a ...

Health care is not a luxury, it is a right that belongs to everyone, Pope Francis told health care workers. "A world that rejects the sick, that does not assist those who cannot afford care, is a ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of ...

In our post-Roe world, the debate on social media is filled with calls to adopt and foster “unwanted” children in our foster care system. This narrative reflects a grave misunderstanding of the child ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...