August 2, 2026
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Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead Three Democratic senators asked the country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog on Tuesday
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LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health
Read More LOS ÁNGELES, California.— La promesa del presidente electo Donald Trump de deportaciones masivas y restricciones migratorias más severas está aumentando
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When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor
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The Host The shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City prompted a surprising
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Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, y el control total del
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled in favor of 19 states that challenged
Read More Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Un juez federal en Dakota del Norte falló a favor de 19 estados que impugnaron
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KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed the fragility of our vaccine infrastructure on The Atlantic’s “Radio Atlantic” on
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ATLANTA — Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and frustration
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In 2017, the Republicans who controlled Congress tried mightily to slash federal spending on Medicaid, the government-funded health program covering
Read More Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress
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Ryan Wettstein Nauman was inconsolable one evening last December. After being put down for bed, the 3-year-old from Peoria, Illinois,
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Daniel Chang and Samantha Liss In mid-May, Mandi Rokx had a 3-month-old baby and a letter from a Florida agency
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The current Affordable Care Act open enrollment season is the first big test of new federal guardrails against fraud. The
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Los cambios no autorizados en los planes médicos de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen
Read More Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks based on an almost one-third
Read More Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home visits by Medicare Advantage health
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Darius Tahir President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care
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President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care
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In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
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Fred Schulte, KFF Health News KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of
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Este año, California ha dado el último paso para abrir el Medi-Cal, su programa de Medicaid, a todos los residentes
Read More California this year took the final step in opening Medi-Cal, its Medicaid program, to every eligible resident regardless of immigration
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A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on billions of dollars in
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RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels
Read MoreEl triunfo electoral del ex presidente Donald Trump y su regreso a la Casa Blanca probablemente traerán cambios que reducirían
Read MoreFormer President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back
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On the campaign trail, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are eager to portray themselves as
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Joanne Kenen María Sánchez emigró al área de Chicago desde México hace unos 30 años. Ahora, a sus 87, sigue
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In the final days of the campaign, stark disagreements between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump over
Read More Joanne Kenen Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. Now 87, she’s still living
Read More It’s that time of year again: open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance — a period that runs from tomorrow
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Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion in hopes the state will abandon the program. The
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Kim Krisberg, Public Health Watch and Stephanie Colombini, WUSF CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — It was hard enough for Stephanie to
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This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Cuando comience el período de inscripción abierta para adquirir cobertura médica en los mercados de
Read More When open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, starts nationwide this week, a group that had previously been
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Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the
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Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape
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Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from
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CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some stopped
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Cuando Pam McClure se enteró que el próximo año ahorraría casi $4,000 en sus medicamentos recetados dijo: “parece demasiado bueno
Read More When Pam McClure learned she’d save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she said, “it sounded too good
Read Moreكيف يختلف تداول العقود مقابل الفروقات في الإمارات تداول العقود مقابل الفروقات هو شكل شائع من أشكال التداول بالرافعة المالية.
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Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California “a proud reproductive freedom state”
Read More The Host The 2024 campaign — particularly the one for president — has been notably vague on policy. But health
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Noam N. Levey Patient and consumer advocates are looking to Kamala Harris to accelerate federal efforts to help people struggling
Read More Defensores de pacientes y consumidores confían en que Kamala Harris acelere los esfuerzos federales para ayudar a las personas que
Read More The Host As part of a media blitz aimed at women voters, Vice President Kamala Harris this week rolled out
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Montana lawmakers are looking to fast-track Medicaid coverage for older adults who need help with daily life. LISTEN here: Montana
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It’s that time of year again: In most states, the Affordable Care Act’s annual open enrollment season for health plans
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Most employers have little idea what the pharmacy benefit managers they hire do with the money they exchange for the
Read More Estamos en esa época del año otra vez. En la mayoría de los estados, la temporada de inscripción abierta de
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
Read More It was expected that the past year and a half would be a fraught time for Medicaid, the workhorse of
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Jacob Gardenswartz “Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”
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KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz met in an
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Dave Lantz is no stranger to emergency department or doctor bills. With three kids in their teens and early 20s,
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Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments to private Medicare Advantage health
Read More KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20. Click
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When Preston Nafz was 12, he asked his dad for permission to play lacrosse. “First practice, he came back, he
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon
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Noam N. Levey TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Like most medical offices, the small suite of exam rooms at the PhiferCares Clinic
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The proponents of Proposition 35, a November ballot initiative that would create a dedicated stream of funding to provide health
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Six weeks after an emergency cesarean section, with her newborn twins still in neonatal intensive care, Maya Gobara went to
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide whether the most populous U.S. state will join 25 others
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SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Douglass shoved his clothes and belongings into plastic trash bags as five police officers surrounded his
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ATLANTA — On a recent summer evening, Raymia Taylor wandered into a recreation center in a historical downtown neighborhood, the
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WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia
Read More Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the
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KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs When Vice President Kamala Harris walked across the debate stage Tuesday night to shake
Read More KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs Cuando la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris cruzó el escenario del debate el martes 10 por
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LOS ANGELES — For nearly a decade, John Baackes has led L.A. Care Health Plan, a publicly run insurer primarily
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The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Suspicions that U.S. consumers’ personal information could be accessed from India led regulators to abruptly
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The computer systems run by the consulting giant Deloitte that millions of Americans rely on for Medicaid and other government
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A principios de 2022, Ashley y Kyle estaban recién casados, y emocionados porque esperaban su primer hijo. Pero desde el
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En medio de una amarga y divisiva contienda, el ex presidente Donald Trump y la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris solo parecen
Read More Sarah Varney, KFF Health News Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first
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A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions
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Dan Weissmann Caitlyn Mai thought she did everything right. She called ahead to make sure her insurer would cover her
Read More Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and
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Elisabeth Rosenthal A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their family’s health insurance
Read More KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith discussed the enduring trauma experienced by children who survived the Super Bowl parade
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Federal regulators have blocked two private sector enrollment websites from accessing consumer information through the federal Obamacare marketplace, citing “anomalous
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Jamie Holmes says a surgery center tried to make her pay for two operations after she underwent only one. She
Read More Jacob Gardenswartz “As vice president, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to cut, as you know, Medicare by $273 billion.
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Trisha Byers left behind one crucial item when she moved to North Carolina last year to be closer to her
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The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — When Bobby Moske went to a community clinic a few years ago with a toothache, he
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For Roderick Givens, a radiation oncologist, the expansion of Medicaid isn’t just a policy issue. He practices medicine in a
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Stephanie Armour Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.” Former President Donald Trump,
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Caitlyn Mai woke up one morning in middle school so dizzy she couldn’t stand and deaf in one ear, the
Read More Dan Weissmann Hospital facility fees. They can feel like a charge just for walking in the door. Hospitals say they
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The government is giving away money! So say ads on a variety of social media platforms. Consumers, the ads claim,
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No talk of Obamacare. Or abortion. At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald
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NOTE: On Friday, hours after KFF Health News reported that the National Education Association had threatened to cut off striking
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Health insurance agents who fraudulently enroll consumers in Affordable Care Act health plans could be subject to criminal charges —
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Stephanie Armour and Julie Appleby, KFF Health News and Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, he leaned
Read More A lo largo de su presidencia, Joe Biden se apoyó en Kamala Harris, la ex fiscal y senadora frontal que
Read More Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Ni una palabra sobre el Obamacare o el aborto. En la Convención Nacional Republicana en
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News The Biden administration on Friday put in place stringent curbs aimed at thwarting rogue insurance
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David Engler had been pretty sure he didn’t want children. Then a frustrating school day two years ago helped seal
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What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies,
Read More Dan Weissmann Some people who expected their health insurance to cover some out-of-network care have been getting stuck with enormous
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Arizona and Florida — whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation — set goals last
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Peggy Lowe, KCUR and Bram Sable-Smith Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel’s medical bills in a blue folder in a
Read More Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
Read More Abigail Arellano tiene todas las facturas médicas de su hijo Samuel en una carpeta azul en un armario arriba del
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, state lawmakers, and health industry leaders have a small window to reach an agreement on billions of
Read More Arizona and Florida lawmakers saw trouble ahead for children in 2023, with states slated — as the covid-19 pandemic waned
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Jacob Gardenswartz If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections
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Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists say they’re struggling
Read More KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the consequences of restrictive and unclear abortion
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Bernard J. Wolfson California’s Office of Health Care Affordability faces a herculean task in its plan to slow runaway health
Read More Dan Weissmann Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans — has cut more than 22
Read More Lawmakers and state officials are turning up the heat on federal regulators to stop unscrupulous, commission-hungry insurance agents from enrolling
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When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
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GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles and
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Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They’d never even been on a plane. But
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Angling to tap into strong support for the sweeping health law he helped pass 14 years ago, one of President
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Stronger actions are needed immediately to thwart insurance brokers who fraudulently enroll or switch people in Affordable Care Act coverage,
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About a year into the process of redetermining Medicaid eligibility after the covid-19 public health emergency, more than 20 million
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TURLOCK, Calif. — For much of his young life, Jorge Sanchez regularly gasped for air, at times coughing so violently
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Jacqueline Saa has a genetic condition that leaves her unable to stand and walk on her own or hold a
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Millions of people were surprised to find themselves booted from Medicaid over the past year after pandemic-era protections expired that
Read More The Host A new analysis finds that graduating medical students were less likely to apply this year for residency training
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President Joe Biden counts among his accomplishments the record-high number of people, more than 21 million, who enrolled in Obamacare
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Marisol Pantoja Toribio se encontró un bulto en el pecho a principios de enero. Sin seguro y viviendo en California
Read More Marisol Pantoja Toribio found a lump in her breast in early January. Uninsured and living in California without legal status
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Samantha Young Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers, and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a
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Cass Smith-Collins jumped through hoops to get the surgery that would match his chest to his gender. Living in Las
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Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping
Read More In the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option”
Read More The Biden administration wants to make it easier for Americans to get dental care. But don’t try booking an appointment
Read More Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their
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Kate Ruder DENVER — Pediatrician Patricia Braun and her team saw roughly 100 children at a community health clinic on
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KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state lawmakers this year are continuing their progressive tilt on health policy with dozens of proposals
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Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still
Read More The Host Mary Agnes Carey KFF Health News @maryagnescarey Read Mary Agnes’ stories. Lawmakers in Washington this week held the
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A wide-ranging lawsuit filed Friday outlines a moneymaking scheme by which large insurance sales agency call centers enrolled people into
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Tax season is never fun. But some tax filers this year face an added complication:
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Casi una cuarta parte de los adultos que fueron dados de baja de Medicaid el año pasado dicen que ahora
Read More Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a
Read More DENVER.- Un lunes reciente, la pediatra Patricia Braun y su equipo atendieron a unos 100 niños en una clínica comunitaria.
Read More Dan Weissmann Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of “An Arm and
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Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity
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Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Until last week, the system that is used to enroll people in federal Affordable Care
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Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy
Read More KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed bird flu on CBS News’ “CBS Mornings”
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Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a
Read More The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance
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Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is getting in
Read More Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster track record.
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En enero, Susanne Gilliam, de 67 años, estaba yendo a recoger el correo afuera de su casa cuando se cayó
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Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express
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Cuando estaba en noveno grado, Fiona Lu cayó en una depresión. Tenía problemas para adaptarse a su nueva escuela en
Read More Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on
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Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that
Read More The Host In its first abortion case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, the Supreme Court this
Read More When she was in ninth grade, Fiona Lu fell into a depression. She had trouble adjusting to her new high
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Jason George began noticing in September that Medicaid payments had stalled for some of his assisted living facility residents, people
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Christian Espinoza, director de operaciones de una red de clínicas de tratamiento del sur de California, comenzó recientemente a emplear
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Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well. Her 3-month-old son,
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Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost
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OAKLAND, California – El Medi-Cal llegó a Antonio Abundis cuando el conserje más lo necesitaba. Poco después que Abundis pasara
Read More OAKLAND, Calif. — Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most. Shortly after
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
Read More Amy Sherman, PolitiFact We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those
Read More There’s a long-running battle between insurers and drugmakers over financial assistance programs that purport to help patients afford expensive drugs.
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Durante el boom de la telemedicina por la pandemia de covid-19, surgieron tiendas online que promocionaban la testosterona como remedio
Read More The Biden administration has hit on a strategy to deal with the massive, industry-paralyzing cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group unit:
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Sarah Feldman, de 35 años, recibió las primeras cartas amenazantes del Centro Médico Mount Sinai en noviembre pasado. El sistema
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Billy Abbott, a retired Army medic, wakes at 6 every morning, steps on the bathroom scale, and uses a cuff
Read More Sarah Feldman, 35, received the first ominous letters from Mount Sinai Medical last November. The New York hospital system warned
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In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s
Read More The Host The general election campaign for president is (unofficially) on, as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump
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April Dembosky, KQED A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting
Read More Dan Weissmann Medicare may sound like an escape from the expensive world of U.S. health insurance, but it’s more complicated,
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Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind. Since a Feb.
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President Joe Biden touted his administration’s accomplishments in health care in a wide-ranging State of the Union address on Thursday
Read More The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of
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A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit
Read More KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how Mobile, Alabama, is weighing whether to use opioid settlement funds to
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Darius Tahir Early in the morning of Feb. 21, Change Healthcare, a company unknown to most Americans that plays a
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Judith Graham It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94
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Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money, including what she spent on medical care,
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Mary Delgado’s first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years later, nothing
Read More For more than a decade, some Southern states have resisted Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, even though data
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For weeks, more than half a million Anthem Blue Cross enrollees who receive health care from the University of California
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Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat
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Daniel Chang and Andy Miller As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which
Read More Last month, my colleague Lauren Sausser told you about the Biden administration’s crackdown on insurance plans’ prior authorization policies, with
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