People who want welfare benefits in Nebraska might have to start passing drug tests to qualify for government assistance if the Legislature approves a bill introduced Thursday. Similar measures were considered last year in at least 22 other states, but none of those passed because of ...

North Carolina is breaking the Medicaid budget lawmakers approved this summer because more people need health insurance coverage after losing their jobs and are getting treated for swine flu, an agency official said Tuesday. State spending for the government health insurance program for low-income families and ...

WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid secured a better deal for Nevada in the health care bill Tuesday 100Êpercent federal funding for the states initial expansion of Medicaid to cover uninsured, low-income residents. But even this legislative maneuvering may not be good ...