Health Care

An overlooked portion of recent Medicare legislation promises Medicare recipients greater access to mental health benefits.

When care needs are significant or family members cannot be available, parents may wish to include instructions in a special needs trust for the trustee to retain a professional care manager.

Taking care of a loved one with special needs can be exhausting and stressful. Here are some ways to take care of yourself and make sure you can take care of your loved one.

The Obama administration has suspended implementation of the CLASS Act, a proposed national long-term care insurance program . . .

In the month since new regulations governing mental health parity went into effect, several insurance companies have complained that the regulations go too far in their attempt to limit how insurance companies select and reimburse providers and manage care.

The federal government has designed a new Web site, HealthCare.gov, that helps people, including those with special needs, navigate the new health insurance law.

Caregiver stress is real and can affect the caregiver's health and emotional well-being. An expert offers strategies for dealing with stress.

At-home COVID tests designed to be more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision are now available for free.

When Richard West, a 63-year-old veteran with muscular dystrophy, caught his home health care provider overbilling the state of New Jersey for services that it provided to Medicaid patients, he never expected that the state would reward him for his...