Vermont's House of Representatives approved a bill put forward by Governor Peter Shumlin that would create a single payer health care system in that state. The Senate is expected to approve the bill as well.

Gov. Shumlin said it would make Vermont "the first state in the country to make the first substantive step to deliver a health care system where health care will be a right and not a privilege, where health care will follow the individual, not be a requirement of the employer, and where we’ll have an affordable...

A new analysis by CSG of enhanced Medicaid match rates under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act found that the average state will lose 21 cents in federal funding for every dollar the state puts towards paying Medicaid bills beginning April 1. This decrease follows on the heels of a 37-cent loss states suffered on Jan. 1.

The report looks at the value of the Recovery Act enhanced Medicaid match to states from 2009 through this year. CSG calculates the match in an easy to understand manner: for every dollar a state...

American pediatricians declared last week that teens should be prohibited from using tanning beds, according to CNN News. The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging its members to actively work for legislation banning tanning beds for teens.

At least three states have legislation filed to do just that.