Experts examine coverage losses, hospital closures, rising costs, workforce shortages, and policy pressures reshaping healthcare. Rural healthcare in the United States is facing overlapping pressures that affect both patients and the institutions responsible for providing care. During the conference “Rural Health Care at a Breaking Point: Who Can Afford to Stay Healthy?”, experts examined…

Advocates urge immigrant families to seek legal counsel and avoid panic On September 18th, the Trump administration will begin implementing a new, highly discretionary “public charge” rule. The policy rescinds the 2022 Biden-era regulation, which had restricted public charge evaluations to cash assistance and long-term institutional care. Under the incoming rule, Department of Homeland…