Health care

Lots of people in this country don’t have access to good mental health care — and that's expensive for society.

According to new data from the Research and Action Institute at the Association of American Medical Colleges, OB/GYN, internal medicine, and emergency medicine programs saw the biggest drops — around 7% or 8%.

Most U.S. hospitals aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills. One New York hospital system decided to work with them instead.

Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. have a substance use disorder, and most are in the workforce. Could employers take a bigger role in recovery?

In April, General Electric split itself up to focus on wind power, aerospace and health care. Its finance and media divisions are long gone.

Nonprofit hospitals say legislative efforts that require them to provide more free care could hurt the people they are intended to help.

The changes aim to bolster pay for providers — many of them low-income immigrants — and require higher minimum staffing levels.

Guidelines for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act detail the accommodations pregnant workers can seek under the law, including unpaid leave.

The agency's estimates that immigrants will add $7 trillion to gross domestic product over the next decade.

Even when pregnancy-related costs are stripped out, women still pay more than men.