How health care bills on postpartum Medicaid, the swab tax and more fared in the Legislature

The regular legislative session concluded on Monday and throughout this week we will be taking a closer look at how certain issues went, what passed and what failed. Here’s how health and healthcare issues unfolded at the Capitol: Conservation of the nursing workforce Several successful bills in this session focus on the Texas nurse shortage, … Read more

COVID tests will now cost $10 to $150. Will we still swab?

Many Long Islanders accustomed to free COVID-19 testing will have to pay more than $10 for home kits, and prices for tests at doctors’ offices are expected to average between $130 and $150, leading experts to predict that some may stop getting tested. The May 11 deadline of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency meant … Read more