Farah Yousry

A screening colonoscopy is supposed to be free, under federal rules. But an Indiana woman still got a $765 bill. For a year and a half, she got no answers why — just finger-pointing between the hospital and insurance. She got sent to debt collection. Then, she reached out to a journalist.

Becoming a medical specialist in Gaza can involve a host of bureaucratic and expensive hurdles. One man became not only a doctor but a neurosurgeon. And then came Oct. 7.

Since boyhood, Husam Abukhedeir wanted to become a doctor and serve his people. He overcome obstacles to get his medical credentials and practiced neurosurgery at Al-Shifa Hospital. Then came the war.

For the first time in its 58-year history, Medicare, the public health insurance program for seniors, will have the power to ask for price cuts from drugmakers thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year.

Pandemic-related protections are ending for people on Medicaid, and they'll need to do a lot more paperwork to stay covered. Black churches in Indianapolis are trying to protect the most vulnerable.

U.S. hospitals have seen a record number of cyberattacks over the past few years. Getting hacked can cost a hospital millions of dollars and expose patient data, and even jeopardize patient care.

Legal experts say after oral arguments on Nov. 8, they think the Supreme Court justices seem reluctant to undo decades of legal precedent when it comes to Medicaid beneficiaries' rights.

A man’s family sued a state-owned nursing home in Indiana for alleged mistreatment. The case will soon be heard by the nation’s highest court, and the outcome could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of the right to sue government agencies when their rights are violated.

Patient advocates, members of the public and state lawmakers are urging the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County to withdraw a case it has filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Indianapolis-based health insurance giant Elevance Health, previously Anthem, Inc., will have to face a federal lawsuit alleging it pocketed at least tens of millions of dollars by submitting inaccurate claims to the U.S. Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services.