WASHINGTON — Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They'll have to wait another three if President Barack Obama ...

By 2050, a projected 16 million Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Family members now care for an estimated 83 percent of Alzheimer’s patients. But that has serious economic and ...

Pennsylvania has applied to the federal government for a share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. Awardees will be ...

Ahead of a campaign trip to New Hampshire, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg released a plan to expand mental health care services and fight addiction, with the goal of preventing 1 million deaths over ...

Both the Bush and the Kerry campaigns have plans to “fix” America’s ailing health care system. Both candidates want to cut costs and insure the uninsured, but their approaches are very different. Bush ...

Create a public option health care plan that expands off the Affordable Care Act. Decrease the price of prescription drugs. Protect abortion access. Invest $775 billion in child and elder care. Read ...

Now, that rehearsal space is becoming the stage for something bigger: the province’s plan to train more paramedics, faster.