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Reporter Jenny Gold and her husband, Alex Gourse, with their newborn son at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago two days after his birth.

I Went Through My Pregnancy With Strangers. It Was The Best Decision I Could've Made

Group prenatal visits are catching on — they can save money and reduce the risk of premature births. For one mother, it turned out to be the best decision she made during her pregnancy.

Wren Vetens was promised a significant discount on the cost of her gender confirmation surgery if she paid in cash upfront, without using her health insurance. Yet after the surgery, Vetens received an explanation of benefits saying the hospital had billed her insurer nearly $92,000.

Shifting Federal Policies Threaten Health Coverage For Trans Americans

For trans Americans, the policy landscape has changed under the Trump administration, making it harder to get the cost of treatments such as gender confirmation surgery covered.

Some insurers using this new payment model offer a single fee to one OB-GYN or medical practice, which then uses part of that money to cover the hospital care involved in labor and delivery. Other insurers opt to cut a separate contract with the hospital.

A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections

Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.

Sgt. Anna Lange filed a lawsuit against the county where she works in Georgia for refusing to allow her health insurance plan to cover gender-affirmation surgery.

Sheriff's Deputy Sues Her County To Get Health Coverage For Transgender-Related Care

Attorneys say a win in the case filed in central Georgia on Wednesday could ultimately set a precedent that influences the law in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

Dr. Laurie Punch, a trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, is adamant that violence is a true medical problem doctors must treat in both the operating room and the community.

Trauma Surgeon Battles Bullets In The Operating Room And The Community

Weary of losing neighbors and patients to gunfire, St. Louis trauma surgeon Laurie Punch has a message: Gun violence is contagious, but so is healing. Doctors who teach can be part of the solution.

Podcast explores a DACA recipient's journey back to Mexico after 30 years

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Brian de Los Santos about "Finding Home con DACA," his three-part series for the LAist studios podcast How To LA.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, leads some of the Biden administration's efforts to expand Medicaid access.

Biden's Broader Vision For Medicaid Could Include Inmates, Immigrants, New Mothers

With record levels of people relying on Medicaid for health care, the Biden administration is making moves to expand it even farther.

For Charlie Kjelshus, "the birthday rule" meant that dad Mikkel's plan ― with a high deductible and coinsurance obligation ― was deemed her primary coverage after her stay as a newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit. Mom Kayla's more generous plan was considered secondary coverage. It left her parents with a huge bill.

Proposed Law Would End Health Insurance 'Birthday Rule' That Snags New Parents

The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas, could save some parents from unexpected (and sometimes massive) medical bills.

A rooster is held in a cage on a farm in Austin, Texas.

The avian influenza outbreak is killing millions of birds

Wild birds and those on commercial farms are at risk.

Woman who had post-partum depression says she attempted suicide 4 times

After Heidi Koss gave birth to her daughter Elora, she suffered from post-partum depression. Elora is now 14 years old, and she spoke to her mom about the experience.

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