Safety-net definitional ambiguity undermines targeted funding, limiting the ability to sustain staffing, infrastructure, and quality improvement needed for optimal stroke care across diverse ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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.

Safety-net hospitals provided $11 billion in uncompensated care and another $11.4 billion in under-reimbursed care in 2023, according to a Nov. 6 report from America’s Essential Hospitals. Four things ...