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Voters pushed back decisively after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, approving ballot measures that established or

After a string of recent ballot-box victories for abortion rights groups, opponents of the procedure are redoubling their efforts -- including, in some places, pushing to make it harder to

Rural hospitals are struggling all over the nation because of population declines, soaring labor costs and a long-term shift toward outpatient care.

Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.

Rural hospitals are struggling all over the nation because of population declines, soaring labor costs and a long-term shift toward outpatient care. But those problems have been magnified by a political choice 10 states, including Florida, all with Republican-controlled legislatures. They have spurned the federal government’s offer to shoulder almost all the cost of expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor. And that has heaped added costs on hospitals because they cannot legally turn away patients, insured or not.