U.S. residents in 2018 borrowed an estimated $88 billion to pay for needed health care, according to a Gallup and West Health survey released last week.

Charlie was a homeless resident in Clearlake, California, who in just one year racked up 25 hospital visits and 16 emergency transports, and he also was the first patient to join Project Restoration—an initiative that helped Charlie recover, reduced his hospital use, and ultimately saved the health system money.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced that the Trump administration is expanding a policy that prohibits the U.S. government from funding groups that provide or promote abortion abroad.

CMS on Friday finalized a rule that aims to increase Medicare beneficiaries' access to care by broadening the telehealth services covered under Medicare Advantage plans.

Hearts and lungs donated from people who were hepatitis C-positive can be safely transplanted into non-infected patients, according to a study published last week.

Cigna and Express Scripts on Wednesday announced the launch of a new program that will give Express Scripts' clients the option to cap their enrollees' out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin at $25.

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine on Monday performed the first-ever kidney transplant from a living HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive patient, potentially opening the door to an expanded pool of organ donors.

American Health Line rounds up the latest health care news in the states.

CMS on Tuesday proposed a set of policies that would make it easier for providers to meet surgical volume requirements to launch a transcatheter aortic valve replacement program and receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the procedure.

A growing number of primary care doctors are replacing in-person specialist consults with electronic consultations—a practice that can "free up capacity in crowded health systems" and reduce wait times for other patients, according to health economist Austin Frakt.