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Supporters of the Affordable Care Act encouraged people to promote health insurance at Thanksgiving family gatherings. The effort moves to a new holiday. California's insurance exchange is encouraging holiday shoppers to give "the gift of health" to young people.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Baltimore City Health Commissioner Leana Wen about the public health needs of the city's residents and the steps she wants to take to meet those needs.

Behavioral care is four times more likely to be out-of-network than medical or surgical care, a nationwide study shows. That can make treatment unaffordable even for people who have health insurance.

Colleges and universities are warning federal officials that they may not be able to offer student health insurance in the future unless the government clarifies certain provisions of the new health overhaul law.

Home health care aides often toil for low pay and in jobs without benefits, including health insurance. A million more home health care workers will be needed to meet demand over the next decade.

Dr. Wahid Majrooh tells NPR that millions of dollars in aid has been frozen, some health workers are leaving the country and there's a shortage of key medical supplies.

The delay in coming up with a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is making it hard for Congress to reauthorize funding for health care for 9 million children through the popular CHIP program.

More than 65 million Americans live in areas without enough primary care providers and the shortage is only expected to get worse. But health care reform…

Florida is getting another government-run health insurance exchange, but it’s not the same one set up under the Affordable Care Act. Florida Health…