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Pennsylvania used to have broad coverage of dental care for Medicare beneficiaries. But cuts to the state budget have led the Medicaid program to cover only basic dental services.

Nonprofit hospitals pay no federal, state, or local taxes. In return, they are expected to offer a community benefit, including free and discounted care for low-income patients. But a study by the Congressional Budget Office found that, on average, not-for-profits are providing only slightly more uncompensated care than for-profit hospitals.

Criminals who defraud public health care programs to the tune of billions of dollars a year are now up against sophisticated computer systems designed to catch them. But the new efforts may yield far more leads than the current team of investigators and analysts can handle.

Conservative Newsmax TV has enjoyed a sharp burst in ratings as President Trump has urged his fans to turn away from Fox News.

Los Angeles has some 2 million uninsured residents. It has long had one of the most disorganized public health systems, too. Now, Dr. Mitch Katz is looking to reshape the system and match patients with their own doctors.

Unlike Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and other conservative states in the South, Mississippi is well on its way to having an insurance exchange ready for operation by the 2014 deadline laid out by the health overhaul law.

College basketball star Jimmer Fredette isn't the family's only rising star. His older brother, TJ, is an aspiring rapper whose song "Amazing," has become an anthem for Brigham Young University's breakout year and tells the story of the brothers' lives on and off the court.

Four people were critically wounded in the massacre at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., Friday. Thirty-seven others escaped, including 26 who hid for hours in a basement boiler room while police tried to determine whether the gunman was still alive and whether he was holding any hostages, Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said.

A mysterious ailment decimating bat colonies in the Northeast has spread far faster than scientists once believed. "White-nose syndrome" has been confirmed for the first time in New Hampshire and West Virginia, and suspected sites in Virginia are being investigated.

People in Binghamton, New York, say it will take years for the city to recover after Friday's devastating shooting rampage. A gunman killed 13 people before killing himself.