Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene an ally during the shutdown for joining Democrats in demanding that Congress address high health care costs.

Federal health care subsidies could expire without any replacement this year. This has People’s Health Clinic leaders preparing for an influx of patients.

Thirty years ago, there was one such medical center in Ohio. Now, there are 138 school-based health care centers.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani did not focus on health care during his campaign, but a group that helped him get elected is pushing for City Hall to prioritize public health by opposing the closure of safety-net hospitals and expanding primary care funding.

The state’s core program to close its psychiatric hospitals and shift care to less-restrictive community programs — the centerpiece of its legal obligation to people with severe mental illness —

Children and young people with high levels of mental health needs are struggling to receive the help they need, or to have their difficulties recognized, according to a newly published report.

With hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose their health coverage due to federal policy changes, industry leaders and state officials mapped out broad strategies to combat a looming

In about six weeks, Massachusetts and all 50 states expect to learn whether they’ll receive some of a $50 billion federal fund for rural health care — and if so, how much. The money, from the Rural Health Transformation Program,

Republicans, fresh off their US government shutdown victory, now face the task of sorting a health-care mess that risks upending the balance of power in President Donald Trump’s Washington.