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Carlton Scott pays $266.99 per month for his subsidized health insurance plan. He worries he and his neighbors would lose their insurance without the subsidy.

What's At Stake If Supreme Court Eliminates Your Obamacare Subsidy

Each state has its own stories. In Louisiana, nearly 200,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov, and about 90 percent now get subsidies. What if that help goes away?

As Region Waits For Hurricane Aid, Trump Holds Rally In Florida Panhandle

The region was devastated by Hurricane Michael. NPR's Noel King talks to Philip Griffitts, chairman of the Bay County Commissioners, about Wednesday night's rally and the storm recovery.

Medicare is funded by a combination of money paid directly to the federal government from paychecks and taxes paid by working Americans. Most dental procedures and tests are not covered under traditional Medicare.

Democrats Hope To Beef Up Medicare With Dental, Vision And Hearing Benefits

When Medicare began in 1965, its backers expected benefits to expand over time, but politics have mostly stymied that. Congressional Democrats are trying again as part of a $3.5 trillion budget plan.

Food scraps are seen in a compost bin at a San Francisco restaurant. A new report ranks centralized composting as a top strategy for keeping food waste out of landfills, where it emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

These 27 Solutions Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

The U.S. wastes 133 billion pounds of food annually. Cutting that by 50 percent by 2020 is going to take a serious action plan. A new data-driven report ranks approaches that could get the job done.

Matt Dierking organizes the Skinner Pipe Organ concerts at the Dayton Art Institute and often performs at them. A Skinner in full working order with the original pipes is a rarity these days, something akin to a Stradivarius instrument.

Culture Couch Pulls Out All The Stops On The Dayton Art Institute Skinner Organ

One of the most interesting works at the Dayton Art Institute is a musical instrument: a pipe organ that was constructed in the Rose Auditorium 90 years...

As the price of specialty drugs continues to rise, some health plans are shifting more of the cost to patients.

Why Some Patients Getting Drugmakers' Help Are Paying More

Some health plans are refusing to count the copayment assistance offered by drugmakers as part of a patient's deductible. That means some patients are paying thousands of dollars more out-of-pocket.

African American Women Working To Get Cleveland Voters To Polls

Cleveland and Akron-based members of historically Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha held a virtual watch party Wednesday to see their sorority sister Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) debate Vice President Mike Pence in Utah.

CMHA Applies A Second Time For Grant To Rebuild Cleveland's Woodhill Homes

For the second year in a row, the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and the City of Cleveland have applied for a $35 million federal grant to rebuild the Woodhill Homes public housing neighborhood on the city's East Side. The application, submitted Dec. 16, refines and expands the vision that CMHA submitted in 2019, said Michael Shea, CMHA's director of modernization and development.

Cleveland Health Care Workers Begin Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

Updated: 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 Cleveland-area hospital employees began receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Wednesday. Dr. Sherrie Williams, a pulmonary critical care specialist, was the first MetroHealth employee to receive the COVID-19 shot. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous," Dr. Williams said, minutes before she received the shot. Despite her initial fears, Williams later said the vaccine felt like any other shots she has ever received and she felt fine after.

Northeast Ohio Hospitals Receive First Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines

Updated: 2:40 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine doses have arrived in Northeast Ohio. Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, as well as Aultman Hospital in Canton, all received shipments Tuesday morning. Cleveland Clinic and Aultman received their vaccines shortly after 9 a.m., while MetroHealth got its allocation around 8:45 a.m. – a little earlier than hospital officials had expected.

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