Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Lawmakers reached a deal Saturday evening to extend expiring healthcare programs, lobbyists close to the issue said. The package, floated Friday, is more robust than lobbyists expected. The extensions ...

Three different surveys reflect the degree to which employers expect — and dread — their workplace health care expenses will spike next year. Those include recently released findings by consulting ...

State Medicaid agencies are increasingly developing Food Is Medicine programs with the aim of improving health outcomes and lowering health-related costs for low-income people. The role of food in ...

Jordyn joined Investopedia in February 2025. She was previously a freelance writer covering lifestyle, entertainment, politics in the Midwest, and more. Getty Images Some Medicaid recipients think ...