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Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts – KFF Health News
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23. Click here to hear Anthony on “Apple News Today.” Read Anthony’s “A Surgical Team Was About To…
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Listen: Young Adults Turning 26 Face Health Insurance Cliff – KFF Health News
(Screenshots by KFF Health News) LISTEN: Obamacare. COBRA. Deductibles. Coinsurance. There’s a lot to figure out when you’re on your own looking for health insurance for the first time. KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on WAMU’s…
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Listen: Young Adults Turning 26 Face Health Insurance Cliff
(Screenshots by KFF Health News) LISTEN: Obamacare. COBRA. Deductibles. Coinsurance. There’s a lot to figure out when you’re on your own looking for health insurance for the first time. KFF Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” series on Sept. 24 to help young adults find a plan that meets
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Public Health Further Politicized Under the Threat of More Firings – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host In a highly unusual White House news conference this week, President Donald Trump — without evidence — boldly blamed the painkiller Tylenol and a string of childhood vaccines for causing a…
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Health insurance marketplace rate hikes top 20 percent in most states, Cantwell says
Policy Insurers point to uncertainty over expanded health care subsidies Sen. Maria Cantwell Cantwell on Thursday issued a snapshot report on rate increase requests from insurers across the country. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) Posted September 25, 2025 at 1:50pm Facebook Twitter Email Reddit People who receive insurance through the top marketplace plan in most
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As Trump Punts on Medical Debt, Battle Over Patient Protections Moves to States – KFF Health News
With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can’t pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation’s medical debt problem to state Capitols. Despite progress in some…
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AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments – KFF Health News
Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients. The…
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Amid Confusion Over US Vaccine Recommendations, States Try To Restore Trust – KFF Health News
When the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week, confusion filled the room. Members admitted they didn’t know what they were voting on, first rejecting a combined measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox vaccine for young toddlers, then voting to keep it funded…
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Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate
The Senate shot down dueling versions of a short-term funding patch Friday before leaving town for a weeklong recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown next month. With lawmakers unable to resolve a partisan standoff over extending expiring health insurance subsidies, Senate leaders agreed to engage in a bit of
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Listen: The Surprising Power of Pushback When Health Insurance Wont Pay – KFF Health News
Being denied insurance coverage can be both confusing and, at times, enraging. But mounting a skillful challenge can turn a “no” into “yes.” From confusing policy language to coding errors to shifting insurer rules, a new episode of NPR’s “Life…
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Listen: The Surprising Power of Pushback When Health Insurance Won’t Pay
Being denied insurance coverage can be both confusing and, at times, enraging. But mounting a skillful challenge can turn a “no” into “yes.” From confusing policy language to coding errors to shifting insurer rules, a new episode of NPR’s “Life Kit” podcast explores why denials happen and how to avoid common pitfalls. KFF Health News
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Marquis Who’s Who Honors Douglas M. Danner for Excellence in Health Insurance
Marquis Who’s Who Honors Douglas M. Danner for Excellence in Health Insurance Douglas M. Danner brings three decades of expertise to his role as an actuary at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Throughout his career, Mr. Danner has demonstrated exceptional persistence and adaptability, particularly in preparing for and passing actuarial examinations. COLUMBIA, SC
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El aumento de personas sin seguro médico pondrá en aprietos a los sistemas de salud locales – KFF Health News
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas. — Jake Margo Jr. estaba en la sala de triaje del Starr County Memorial Hospital explicando por qué una persona con fiebre persistente, que podía tratarse con medicamentos de venta libre, no necesitaba ser admitida en…
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Team Trumps Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage – KFF Health News
Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high deductibles. The agency that oversees the ACA announced…
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Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems – KFF Health News
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be admitted to the emergency…
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Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn’t need to be admitted to the emergency room. “We’re going to take care of the sickest patients first,” Margo, a family medicine
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Republicans Shouldn’t Cave on Obamacare Expansion
Republicans Should Hold the Line Against Obamacare Expansion | National Review Article Source
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Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress acts
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credits are in danger of expiring as Republicans and Democrats clash over how to do it. Democrats are threatening to vote to shut down the government
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Recortes de Trump a Medicaid apuntaban a adultos sanos, pero hospitales advierten que niños sufrirán las consecuencias – KFF Health News
Los republicanos insisten en que los recortes del presidente Donald Trump a Medicaid buscaban reducir el fraude y poner a trabajar a más adultos beneficiarios del programa. Pero los efectos secundarios pueden incluir menos atención médica para niños enfermos. Algunos…
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Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs – KFF Health News
FDA leaders under President Donald Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny. The agency “would like to get away”…
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Watch: Why Is Having a Baby So Expensive in the US? – KFF Health News
New moms all over social media are breaking down their incredibly expensive hospital bills after giving birth. So why is giving birth so pricey in the U.S.? And given the Trump administration’s anti-abortion, pro-natalist policies, is anything on the table…
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Your health insurance costs are rising at the highest level since 2010. Here’s why.
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Trumps Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at Able-Bodied Adults. Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt. – KFF Health News
Republicans insist that President Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids. Some children’s hospitals collectively stand to…
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Luego de los recortes de Trump a la salud, estados enfrentan decisiones presupuestarias difíciles – KFF Health News
Los pacientes comienzan a hacer fila antes del amanecer en Operación Salud Fronteriza, una clínica de salud gratuita que se realiza cada año durante cinco días en el Valle del Río Grande de Texas. Muchos residentes de esta región predominantemente…
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In the Fallout From Trumps Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decisions – KFF Health News
In 2024, the Texas State Guard participated in Operation Border Health, a five-day free health clinic in Texas. The annual event was canceled this year after the Trump administration announced a plan to strip more than $550 million in federal…
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On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Just days after his firing of the brand-new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a defiant Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. secretary of health and human services,…
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La administración Trump investiga el gasto de estados demócratas en Medicaid para inmigrantes – KFF Health News
SACRAMENTO, California — La administración Trump ha extendido su política de mano dura en inmigración a la red de atención médica pública, iniciando investigaciones sobre el gasto de Medicaid en al menos seis estados liderados por demócratas. Estos estados brindan…
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Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States – KFF Health News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the…
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He Built Michigan's Medicaid Work Requirement System. Now He's Warning Other States. – KFF Health News
It was March 2020, and Robert Gordon was about to kick some 80,000 people off health insurance. As the Michigan state health director, he had spent the past year, and some $30 million in state tax dollars, trying to avoid…
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As Insurers Struggle With GLP-1 Drug Costs, Some Seek To Wean Patients Off – KFF Health News
After losing 50 pounds on the injectable weight loss medication Zepbound, Kyra Wensley received a surprising letter from her pharmacy benefit manager in April. Her request for coverage had been denied, the letter said, because she’d had a body mass…
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Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help – KFF Health News
(DigitalVision/Getty Images) When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of conflicting decisions, and a health insurer…
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Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help
(DigitalVision/Getty Images) When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of conflicting decisions, and a health insurer switch before she finally won approval. She started treatment in January and now channels time
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Cuando los pacientes quedan atrapados en medio de las peleas entre aseguradoras y hospitales – KFF Health News
Amy Frank dijo que pasó 17 horas al teléfono durante casi tres semanas, rebotando entre su aseguradora y el sistema hospitalario local, para asegurarse de que el plan de salud cubriera la atención que su esposo necesitaba después de una…
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When Hospitals and Insurers Fight, Patients Get Caught in the Middle – KFF Health News
Amy Frank says she spent 17 hours on the phone ensuring that post-surgery care for her husband, Allen Frank, would be covered by insurance. The couple was among 90,000 people in central Missouri caught in the middle of a contract…
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People without health insurance are less likely to obtain life-saving hospital transfers, analysis finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Does insurance play a role in which critically ill patients live or die? The unfortunate answer may be yes, due in part to a difference in the rate of inter-hospital transfer, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The work is published in the journal JAMA Network Open. The
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Expect Health Insurance Prices to Rise Next Year, Brokers and Experts Say
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Estos son los aumentos de precios que también deberían preocuparte – KFF Health News
Preocupados por la inflación, los estadounidenses han estado atentos a precios de productos cotidianos como los huevos y la gasolina. Pero un gasto menos conocido debería causar más alarma: el aumento de las primas de los seguros médicos. Llevan años…
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7 ways to fight back when your health insurance says ‘no’ to prior authorization
When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of conflicting decisions, and a health insurer switch before she finally won approval. She started treatment in January and now channels time and energy
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Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom – KFF Health News
Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the covid-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured by the…
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The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm – KFF Health News
Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They have been trending upward for years and are now rising…
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The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm
Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They have been trending upward for years and are now rising faster than ever. Consider that, from 2000 to 2020, egg prices fluctuated between just under
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Marquis Who’s Who Honors Joshua Phelps for Transformative Leadership in Health Insurance, Actuarial Science, and Artificial Intelligence
Marquis Who’s Who Honors Joshua Phelps for Transformative Leadership in Health Insurance, Actuarial Science, and Artificial Intelligence Joshua Phelps is an award-winning healthcare executive recognized nationally for his rapid career ascent, visionary leadership, and pioneering work applying actuarial science and AI to transform health insurance operations One of Mr. Phelps’s most distinguished career achievements was
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Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid! – KFF Health News
[Editor’s note: This transcript was generated using both transcription software and a human’s light touch. It has been edited for style and clarity.] Julie Rovner: Hello, and welcome back to this special episode of “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner,…
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Try This When Your Doctor Says Yes to a Preventive Test but Insurance Says No – KFF Health News
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) “My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years…
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CMS Announces Plan to Disenroll Noncitizens From Medicaid and CHIP
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Reduced ACA Subsidies May Make It Harder for Young Adults To Afford Coverage – KFF Health News
As they move into adulthood, many young Americans face a unique and daunting challenge: finding their own health insurance by the time they turn 26. The lucky ones are covered through their jobs. But in an age of gig employment,…
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Recortes a Medicaid impactarían muy fuerte en esta comunidad rural de Colorado – KFF Health News
En el Valle de San Luis, al sur de Colorado, las nubes se elevan sobre las imponentes montañas de la cordillera Sangre de Cristo. Un coro de mirlos gorjea mientras revolotea entre los juncos de un refugio de vida silvestre….
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Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up – KFF Health News
Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage. Such drug plans are used by millions of people…
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Maryland Taps Affordable Care Act Fund To Help Pay for Abortion Care – KFF Health News
Maryland is the first state to tap into an old fund connected to the Affordable Care Act to help solve a new problem: helping pay the expenses of patients who travel to Maryland for an abortion. With abortion now restricted…
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A Wild Health Insurance Hustle – KFF Health News
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan: Hey there— This story’s outline may sound…
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Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community – KFF Health News
In southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, clouds billow above the towering mountains of the Sangre de Cristo range. A chorus of blackbirds whistle as they flit among the reeds of a wildlife refuge. Big, circular fields of crops, interspersed with…
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An Arm and a Leg: A Wild Health Insurance Hustle
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan: Hey there— This story’s outline may sound familiar, but what’s underneath — what we unravel here: It’s a new kind of thing.
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Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs – KFF Health News
People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they’re old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health insurance will cost next year….
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Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they’re old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health insurance will cost next year. Sharp increases are expected. Premiums for ACA health plans, also known as Obamacare, which many
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Guía para encontrar seguro de salud a los 26 – KFF Health News
Se suponía que iba a ser más fácil. Cuando la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) se aprobó en marzo de 2010, el objetivo era ayudar a que más personas en el país obtuvieran seguro médico. Y,…
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A Guide to Finding Insurance at 26 – KFF Health News
It was supposed to be easier than this. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in March 2010, the goal was to help more Americans get health insurance. And, indeed, the establishment of online marketplaces and a broadening of the…
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Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos – KFF Health News
Amid the challenges of adulthood, one rite of passage is unique to the United States: the need to find your own health insurance by the time you turn 26. That is the age at which the Affordable Care Act declares…
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Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
Amid the challenges of adulthood, one rite of passage is unique to the United States: the need to find your own health insurance by the time you turn 26. That is the age at which the Affordable Care Act declares that young adults generally must get off their family’s plan and figure out their coverage
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California Taps Medicaid To Train and Recruit Behavioral Health Workers – KFF Health News
Despite recent efforts to bolster California’s behavioral health workforce, the state is operating with only about two-thirds of the psychiatrists and therapists it needs. The problem is so severe it’s making it hard to backfill retiring practitioners, particularly in the…
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Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trumps New Law Poses Health Consequences – KFF Health News
Francoise Cham of Miami has health insurance coverage for herself and her daughter through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, also known as Obamacare. The budget law signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 creates new rules for verifying eligibility…
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Medicaid: nuevo requisito federal de trabajo deja a estados sin mucho margen de maniobra – KFF Health News
Cuando el presidente Donald Trump firmó una ley que agrega requisitos laborales para algunos beneficiarios de Medicaid, es posible que haya perjudicado a legisladores de al menos 14 estados que estaban diseñando sus propios planes, según observadores del sector de…
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New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for States – KFF Health News
When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut lawmakers in at least 14 states who were designing their own plans, according to health industry observers. Georgia is the only state…
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Aclarando la confusión sobre las vacunas contra covid-19 – KFF Health News
Si quieres vacunarte contra covid-19 este otoño, ¿lo cubrirá el seguro médico de tu empleador? No hay una respuesta clara. El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., un veterano activista antivacunas, ha modificado radicalmente la forma…
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Sorting Out Covid Vaccine Confusion: New and Conflicting Federal Policies Raise Questions – KFF Health News
If you want a covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way covid vaccines…
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Will health insurance pay for Covid vaccines this fall?
If you want a Covid shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has upended the way Covid vaccines are approved and for whom they’re recommended, creating uncertainty where coverage was routine. Agencies within
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Next on Kennedys List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host In his ongoing effort to reshape health policy, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly plans to overhaul two more government entities: the U.S. Preventive Services Task…
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Readers Weigh In on Making American Health Care Affordable Again – KFF Health News
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Sounding the Alarm for Ambulances Thank you for shedding much-needed light on the exorbitant costs and…
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A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills – KFF Health News
In retrospect, Erica Kahn realizes she made two big mistakes. The first was choosing to temporarily forgo health insurance when she was laid off from her job. The second was screaming when a wild bat later landed on her face….
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A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills
In retrospect, Erica Kahn realizes she made two big mistakes. The first was choosing to temporarily forgo health insurance when she was laid off from her job. The second was screaming when a wild bat later landed on her face. The bizarre encounter happened last August, while the Massachusetts resident was photographing the night sky
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Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out? – KFF Health News
In Covered California, 112,600 immigrants, or nearly 6% of total enrollees, stand to lose their federal tax subsidies when a provision of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law takes effect in 2027, according to data provided by the exchange….
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After Venus Williams’ Comment, Here’s What to Know About Athletes’ Health Insurance
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Venus Williams Just Played in Her First Professional Tennis Tournament in Years — to Keep Her Health Insurance
Venus Williams, 45, hadn’t played professional tennis in a year and a half. But she played in the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington, D.C. this week, and for a surprising reason. “I had to come back for the insurance,” Williams said after winning the first round. (She lost in the second round on Thursday.)
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Por temor a perder la cobertura de Medicaid, padres se apresuran a vacunar a sus hijos – KFF Health News
Durante dos décadas, la pediatra Lanre Falusi, de Washington D.C., ha asesorado a los padres sobre el calendario de vacunas que deben recibir sus hijos, la seguridad de la vacunación y sus efectos secundarios. Pero dijo que este año las…
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Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger. – KFF Health News
President Donald Trump rode to reelection last fall on voter concerns about prices. But as his administration pares back federal rules and programs designed to protect patients from the high cost of health care, Trump risks pushing more Americans into…
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Fearing Medicaid Coverage Loss, Some Parents Rush To Vaccinate Their Kids – KFF Health News
For two decades, Washington, D.C., pediatrician Lanre Falusi has counseled parents about vaccine safety, side effects, and timing. But this year, she said, the conversations have changed. “For the first time, I’m having parents of newborns ask me if their…
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Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Much of the hubbub in health care this year has been focused on Medicaid, which faces dramatically reduced federal funding as the result of the huge budget bill signed by President…
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Watch: What Are Medicaid Work Requirements? – KFF Health News
President Donald Trump signed legislation that mandates some Medicaid recipients prove they’re working, volunteering, or completing other qualifying activities at least 80 hours a month to maintain coverage. This applies to 40 states (plus Washington, D.C.) that have expanded Medicaid…
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Republicans plan bipartisan health package as Democrats demur
Senate Republicans say they are working on a bipartisan health package to lower drug and health insurance costs, a development that’s news to some Democrats who remain skeptical that their GOP colleagues will work with them. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is leading the talks, with a particular focus on more transparency from pharmacy benefit managers, so-called upcoding practices in
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Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules. – KFF Health News
MISSOULA, Mont. — As congressional Republicans finalized Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s budget bill, one man who relies on that government-subsidized health coverage was trying to coax his old car to start after an eight-hour shift making sandwiches….
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Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.
MISSOULA, Mont. — As congressional Republicans finalized Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s budget bill, one man who relies on that government-subsidized health coverage was trying to coax his old car to start after an eight-hour shift making sandwiches. James asked that only his middle name be used to tell his story so that
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Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? Thats Unsupported – KFF Health News
“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients ‘simply choose not to work’ and ‘spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.’” Scott Jennings on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” on July 1 Republicans defended the GOP megabill’s Medicaid changes as…
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Amid PFAS Fallout, a Maine Doctor Navigates Medical Risks With Her Patients – KFF Health News
When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, first learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS taint their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer. They had consumed the water for decades, given…
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Georgia Shows Rough Road Ahead for States as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom – KFF Health News
Every time Ashton Alexander sees an ad for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, it feels like a “kick in the face.” Alexander tried signing up for Pathways, the state’s limited Medicaid expansion, multiple times and got denied each time, he said,…
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Medical Rehab Hospital Inspections Go Unpublicized by Federal Officials – KFF Health News
Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes, or provide easy-to-understand five-star ratings as it does for general hospitals,…
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Your health insurance premiums could soon go up 15 percent — or more
We just got a preview of the likely consequences of the “big, beautiful bill” passed by Republicans in Congress and signed by President Donald Trump: Premiums on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces are on track to increase 15 percent on average next year — a record-setting pace. This comes from a new analysis
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Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums – KFF Health News
Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the…
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Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise Theyre Not. – KFF Health News
Last year in Massachusetts, after finding lumps in her breast, Jessica Chen went to Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus, part of Tufts Medicine, for a mammogram and sonogram. Before the screenings, she asked the hospital for the estimated patient responsibility for…
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Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.
Last year in Massachusetts, after finding lumps in her breast, Jessica Chen went to Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus, part of Tufts Medicine, for a mammogram and sonogram. Before the screenings, she asked the hospital for the estimated patient responsibility for the bill using her insurance, Tufts Health Plan. Her portion, she was told, would be
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Cost of Obamacare expected to soar as subsidies expire and insurers hike premiums
People who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act could soon see their monthly premiums sharply increase as subsidies expire and insurers propose a major premium hike for 2026. Insurers that offer plans through the ACA are planning an average premium increase of 15% for 2026 — the largest increase in seven years, according
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Democratic attorneys general sue to block changes to ACA health insurance marketplaces
A group of Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday to block the implementation of portions of a Department of Health and Human Services rule set to go into effect next month that they say could lead to nearly 2 million people losing their health insurance. The attorneys general of 20 states, including New Jersey, California and
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The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding For Now – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The Senate has passed — and sent back to the House — a bill that would allow the Trump administration to claw back some $9 billion in previously approved funding for…
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Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.
PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will
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DNC launches new website to highlight costs of GOP tax and spending package
The Democratic National Committee unveiled a new website Wednesday to highlight what it says are the costs of Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending package, seeking to show how the law will affect Americans’ energy bills, health insurance coverage and paychecks. The website, the details of which were shared first with CQ Roll Call, comes as
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Cómo encontrar el servicio de rehabilitación adecuado – KFF Health News
La terapia de rehabilitación puede ser una bendición después de una hospitalización por un derrame cerebral, una caída, un accidente, un reemplazo de articulación, una quemadura grave o una lesión de la médula espinal, entre otras afecciones. La fisioterapia, la…
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How To Find the Right Medical Rehab Services – KFF Health News
Rehabilitation therapy can be a godsend after hospitalization for a stroke, a fall, an accident, a joint replacement, a severe burn, or a spinal cord injury, among other conditions. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy are offered in a variety of…
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Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed – KFF Health News
Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data and inspection reports show that some run by the dominant company, Encompass Health Corp., and…
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In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry – KFF Health News
Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid funding to help pay for President Donald Trump’s big tax and…
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Digesting Trumps Big Budget Law – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host As he had wanted, President Donald Trump signed his big budget bill into a big budget law in a White House ceremony on July 4, cementing, among other things, billions of…
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Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid Even in GOP States – KFF Health News
As a postpartum doula, Dawn Oliver does her best work in the middle of the night. During a typical shift, she shows up at her clients’ home at 10 p.m. She answers questions they may have about basic infant care…
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The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part II – KFF Health News
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan: Hey there. Let’s meet Jeanne Chamberlin from…
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Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills – KFF Health News
Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the car she was riding in. A cascade of ambulance rides ensued — a ground ambulance to a…
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The wrong lesson to take from Trump’s gutting of Medicaid
Last week, the Senate passed the largest cut to America’s welfare state in modern history. President Donald Trump’s inaptly named “One Big Beautiful Bill” would take health insurance from 11.8 million Americans and slash food assistance to low-income families by about $100 a month. In the face of this unprecedented setback, some progressives argue that
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Republicans Muscle Trump’s Sweeping Tax Cut, Spending Bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s tax-cut legislation cleared its final hurdle in the US Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved a massive package that would fund his domestic agenda and push millions of Americans off health insurance. The 218-214 vote amounts to a significant victory for the Republican president
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‘A slap in the face’: Georgia and Arkansas’ Medicaid work rules may preview the road ahead
President Donald Trump is expected Friday to sign into law his sprawling domestic policy bill, which includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. Dubbed the “big, beautiful bill,” the new legislation will extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and make up for them in part
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States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trumps Budget Bill – KFF Health News
Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people’s experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts, also sharply…
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States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill
Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people’s experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts, also sharply undermine the gains in health insurance coverage associated with it. The moves affect consumers and
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Trumps Bill Reaches the Finish Line – KFF Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Early Thursday afternoon, the House approved a budget reconciliation bill that not only would make permanent many of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, but also impose deep cuts to Medicaid,…
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GOP Governors Mum as Congress Prepares To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States – KFF Health News
The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing historic Medicaid cuts of about $1 trillion…
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To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works – KFF Health News
Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship of her son so she could work as his caregiver. Now, another proposed…
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GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States – KFF Health News
The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors. Now, as Congress steamrolls toward passing historic Medicaid cuts of about $1 trillion…
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El megaproyecto de ley republicano supondrá más costos de salud para muchos estadounidenses – KFF Health News
El “One Big Beautiful Bill” del presidente Donald Trump recorta el gasto federal en los mercados de Medicaid y la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo precio (ACA) en aproximadamente $1.000 millones a lo largo de una década, según…
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To Cut Medicaid, the GOPs Following a Path Often Used To Expand Health Care – KFF Health News
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” budget reconciliation bill would make some of the most sweeping changes in health policy in years, largely affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans — with reverberations felt throughout the health care system. With…
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Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans – KFF Health News
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, threatening the physical and financial health of tens of…
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Inmigrantes en California dudan en pedir cobertura médica por miedo a ser deportados – KFF Health News
Durante meses, María, de 55 años, cuidadora de adultos mayores en el condado de Orange, se ha esforzado por no sonreír. Le preocupa que si abre demasiado la boca, la gente vea sus dientes astillados y cubiertos de placa. Inmigrante…
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California Immigrants Weigh Health Coverage Against Deportation Risk – KFF Health News
For months, Maria, 55, a caregiver to older adults in California’s Orange County, has been trying not to smile. If she opens her mouth too wide, she worries, people will see her chipped, plaque-covered front teeth. An immigrant without legal…
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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured – KFF Health News
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Last September, Alton Fry went to the doctor concerned he had high blood pressure. The trip would result in a prostate cancer diagnosis. So began the stress of trying to pay for tens of thousands of dollars…
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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured
CLARKESVILLE, Ga. — Last September, Alton Fry went to the doctor concerned he had high blood pressure. The trip would result in a prostate cancer diagnosis. So began the stress of trying to pay for tens of thousands of dollars in treatment — without health insurance. “I’ve never been sick in my life, so I’ve