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Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients' paychecks to collect unpaid bills.

President Donald Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

The story of how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.

Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.

When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital's board can't get the care he needed at Phoebe, it raises the question: Who can?

As a community hospital, Phoebe's mission is to care for people no matter their ability to pay. But in a town where the uninsured rate is twice the national average, even some Phoebe employees are unable to afford treatment.

Phoebe paid an exorbitant sum to acquire its crosstown rival and became Albany's only hospital. But as the company's debt increased, patients suffered.

The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital -- the dominant political and economic institution of Albany, Georgia -- is the story of American health care.

As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.