San Diego County must offer a safety net for residents losing access to food and healthcare benefits because of President Trump's H.R. 1 bill.

Commentary: Families with consistent support are healthier, more productive and better able to escape poverty. Safety nets ...

Lawmakers must act to pass legislation that protects our critical healthcare infrastructure, writes the healthcare director ...

Nonprofits deliver essential services across the U.S. This piece explores why they are central to the social safety net—and what happens when we underinvest in them.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic health record–based automation tools helped a safety-net health system meet performance-based readmission metrics, thereby retaining critical funding while ...

Of all American healthcare organizations, safety-net hospitals are facing one of the largest curveballs, as nearly 30 million Americans stand to gain coverage under the Patient Protection and ...

Reading Crain’s recent article, “Illinois hospitals shore up finances after years of COVID tumult,” felt like a punch in the gut. It is great that many hospitals are bouncing back, but this does not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Renee Hsia is an ER doctor and researcher in healthcare. The Emergency Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) prevents us from visibly ...