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The bill would require crash-tested barriers, called bollards, at most hospital entrances. Without a state or federal requirement, KXAN found a patchwork system where some hospitals are protected ...

One of the most shocking aspects of health care costs in the U.S. are ambulance bills. The simple act of ferrying a person in need of medical care to a hospital or special facility can have a life ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A bill that would give the state oversight of hospital merger deals is moving forward in the Roundhouse. The House of Representatives voted 41-26 to pass House Bill 586.

Texas Medical Association President Dr. Ray Callas spoke with KXAN about the hospital bollard bill. (KXAN Photo/Matt Grant) “I am literally in shock,” Callas said from the hospital where he ...

Hospital administrators like Baptist Health Floyd’s Michael Schroyer, left, and Goshen Health’s Randy Christophel, urged senators to reconsider a bill establishing “price caps” on their ...

A proposal to increase oversight of hospital mergers in New Mexico ... The House of Representatives approved House Bill 586 in a 41-26 vote Monday. It now heads to the Senate, where it faces ...

The bill's passage became assured earlier Friday, when the Senate voted 62-38 to forestall a filibuster and advance to final action after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) said he would join ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final approval Friday to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act ...

Mothers and newborns across the country could be offered a minimum of a three-day hospital stay if a new bill is successful, but there are concerns the maternity system does not have capacity.