As ophthalmologists in Anchorage, we have witnessed the toll that delays in care have taken on patients and their families.

Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic ...

Insurers began streamlining prior authorization for healthcare coverage even as a bill setting new standards was on the ...

The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed two bills Wednesday, one allowing first responders to provide life-saving care to police dogs and ...

Health insurers must provide speedier responses to prior authorization requests for certain medical treatments and services, ...

President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes the largest cuts to Medicaid since its creation, with doctors warning that patients will suffer. Susan Jaffe reports.

The nation’s corps of nurses, oncologists, lab technicians, anesthesiologists and other health-related workers has been growing steadily, through recession after recession, going from 9 percent of the ...

Late in the evening of June 27, 2025, Senate Republicans released the full text of the latest version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ahead of a scheduled motion to proceed vote on June 28.

The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of incarcerated individuals by providing inadequate ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of people imprisoned in Alaska alleges the state Department of Corrections provides inadequate medical, mental health and dental care ...