The one-year increase was the second highest since the state established its benchmark to rein in expenditures in 2013.
The Trump administration issued its first major set of proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday that federal officials said are intended to crack down on fraud in the program.
Rural care homes are finding it so hard to recruit enough workers that some have been forced to shut temporarily to survive.
Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis is speaking out about the death of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife and caretaker Betsy Arakawa.
A care home has been hit by protests from its own staff who claim they have been left "in tears" over residents' poor care.