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As millions of Americans brace for dramatically higher health care costs come January 2026, after enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expire, the White House is expected to propose a two-year extension to prevent a massive spike in premiums. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), the nonpartisan budget watchdog that regularly crunches numbers

Además de los dolores ocasionales, envejecer puede traer sorpresas desagradables y enfermedades graves. Las relaciones de largo plazo con doctores de confianza suelen hacer que incluso las malas noticias sean más llevaderas. Perder ese respaldo —especialmente en medio de una…

For nearly three years, Eric Tennant endured chemotherapy infusions, rounds of radiation, biopsies, and hospitalizations that left him weak and depleted. “It’s good to be home,” he said after one hospital stay in early June, “yet I’m tired and ready…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Millions of people in Republican-dominated states are among those seeing their Affordable Care Act plan premiums spike for 2026 as enhanced, pandemic-era subsidies expire. Yet Republicans in the White House and…

Along with the occasional aches and pains, growing older can bring surprise setbacks and serious diseases. Longtime relationships with doctors people trust often make even bad news more tolerable. Losing that support — especially during a health crisis — can…

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Un fin de semana de fines de abril, Leah Kovitch estaba arrancando plantas invasoras en un prado cerca de su casa cuando una garrapata se le prendió en la pierna. No notó al diminuto insecto hasta el lunes, cuando empezó…

Leah Kovitch was pulling invasive plants in the meadow near her home one weekend in late April when a tick latched onto her leg. She didn’t notice the tiny bug until Monday, when her calf muscle began to feel sore….

Dr Karina Volkova After Russian otorhinolaryngology (ENT) specialist Karina Volkova contacted Düsseldorf physician Rainer Frerich about a position in his practice, everything moved quickly. With a €1500 monthly subsidy from KV Nordrhein (the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians for the North Rhine area) and a temporary professional permit issued by the Münster District Government

KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed rising health care premiums on KPFA’s “Up Front” on Nov. 13. Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on “Up Front” (starts at 08:19). Read Boyd-Barrett’s “Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host The longest federal government shutdown in history is over, after a handful of House and Senate Democrats joined most Republicans in approving legislation that funds the government through January. Despite Democrats’…

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. Health Care as a Human Right If there is anything to take away from my over…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California’s gubernatorial election is a year away, and the field of primary candidates is still taking shape. But one persistent issue has already emerged as a leading concern: the cost of health care. At a forum Nov….

In the run-up to the 2020 election, all 20 Democratic presidential candidates promised voters they’d pursue bold changes to health care, such as a government-run insurance plan or expanding Medicare to cover every American. Fast-forward to the congressional stalemate that…

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how states are using opioid settlement money on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Nov. 3. Click here to watch Pattani on “The Daily Report.” Read Pattani’s “From Narcan to Gun…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Open enrollment for health plans under the Affordable Care Act began Nov. 1, yet it remains unclear how much the estimated 24 million Americans who purchase from the ACA marketplaces will…

John Cleveland is ready to pay a lot more for his health insurance next year. He hasn’t forgotten the pile of hospital bills that awaited him after he had a seizure while tending to customers in his Austin, Texas, barbershop…

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Este año, el período de inscripción abierta para adquirir un plan médico en los mercados estatales y federales establecidos por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA, conocida también como Obamacare), que comenzó el 1 de noviembre…

This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the federal and state Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Even…

El invierno pasado, Amber Wingler comenzó a recibir una serie de mensajes cada vez más urgentes del hospital local de Columbia, Missouri, informándole que la atención médica de su familia podría verse afectada pronto. MU Health Care, donde practican la…

La administración del presidente Donald Trump ha ordenado a los estados que investiguen a beneficiarios de Medicaid —el programa que cubre a personas de bajos ingresos o con discapacidades— para verificar si cumplen con los requisitos de elegibilidad en base…

Saturday is the day that nearly 24 million customers can start purchasing health plans on healthcare.gov and the state-run Obamacare exchanges.  Higher prices and uncertainty await many of those shoppers.  Average premiums are expected to more than double. The directors who manage marketplace enrollment in states including Maryland, California, Pennsylvania, and Idaho told me and my colleague…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Open enrollment for 2026 Affordable Care Act insurance plans starts in most states Nov. 1, with no resolution in Congress about whether to continue more generous premium tax credits expanded under…

One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan’s deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year. About 200 miles north, in Maryland, another household learned they’ll pay $500 more monthly to insure their brood in…

El cierre del gobierno federal continúa, trabado por el desacuerdo en el Congreso sobre el costo del seguro médico de 22 millones de personas que tienen planes adquiridos en los mercados establecidos por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a…

Kitty Grutzmacher estuvo lidiando con problemas para oír durante una década, pero la situación empeoró en el último año. Incluso con sus audífonos, “oía poco o nada”, dijo. “Evitaba salir en grupo. Dejé de jugar a las cartas, de ir…

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire this year and the ongoing federal shutdown on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle” on Oct. 18. Click here to…

(Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg Creative) Listen: Health care has been at the heart of the federal government’s shutdown. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMU’s Oct. 22 “Health Hub” to explain the health care compromises some lawmakers…

The idea that Affordable Care Act marketplaces are riddled with fraud has become a major talking point among Republicans, as lawmakers in Congress argue about whether to extend the enhanced tax credits that are helping offset the cost of health…

This summer, the state of Louisiana texted just over 13,000 people enrolled in its Medicaid program with a link to a website where they could confirm their incomes. The texts were part of a pilot run to test technology the…

With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 million people with coverage through an…

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans’ members, a new federal watchdog report says. The investigators allege that some insurers effectively set up “ghost networks” of…

Abe Sutton, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center, speaks to state officials and corporate sponsors at the Rural Health Transformation Planning Summit in Washington, D.C., in late September.(Health Policy Futures Lab) WASHINGTON — Nationwide, states…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Democrats and Republicans are both facing potential political consequences in their continuing standoff over federal government funding. Republicans are likely to face a voter backlash if they refuse to agree to…

COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too….

California notificará a los inscritos en el mercado de seguros de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) que sus costos podrían aumentar considerablemente el próximo año, a menos que el Congreso extienda los subsidios que ayudan…

California this week plans to notify Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollees that their costs could rise sharply next year unless Congress extends subsidies to help people buy health insurance. Health care analysts say the nation’s uninsured population will rise significantly…

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KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on CNN’s “Quest Means Business” to discuss the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the core of the government shutdown on Oct. 2. Rovner also appeared on NPR’s “Morning Edition” to discuss…

Senators have launched an inquiry into companies paid billions in taxpayer dollars to build eligibility systems for Medicaid, expressing concern that error-riddled technology and looming work requirements “will cause Americans to lose Medicaid coverage to this bureaucratic maze.” The letters,…

Can’t see the audio player? Listen on: The Host It’s not yet clear how the federal government shutdown will end, but Democrats are continuing to draw attention to the issue they are promoting — the coming expiration of additional subsidies…

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Mientras Estados Unidos se dirigía hacia el cierre del gobierno, los republicanos acusaban repetidamente a los demócratas de forzar este cierre porque quieren que los inmigrantes que están en el país sin papeles tengan acceso a atención médica. “Los demócratas…

Mientras Estados Unidos se dirigía hacia el cierre del gobierno, los republicanos acusaban repetidamente a los demócratas de forzar este cierre por querer que los inmigrantes que están en el país sin papeles tuvieran acceso a atención médica. “Los demócratas…

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year. Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk…

Horas después del cierre del gobierno federal, Julio Fuentes se encontraba a pocos pasos del Capitolio de Estados Unidos para transmitir un mensaje urgente sobre el bloque de votantes hispanos que ayudó al Partido Republicano a llegar al poder el…

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview As the…

A clash over the Affordable Care Act that has led to a shutdown of the federal government has ramifications for public health as agencies cease some services. The Trump administration vows mass layoffs during the impasse.  The shutdown centered largely…

St. John’s Community Health in Los Angeles is one of the roughly 1,500 community health centers, some of which run multiple clinics, that are bracing for cuts to government funds they rely on to operate. (Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News) About…

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Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement — if they live in a county with high unemployment. By January 2027, President Donald Trump’s far-reaching domestic policy law will require many adult, nondisabled…

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…

Siguiendo el ejemplo del sector privado de seguros, la administración Trump lanzará el próximo año un programa piloto para evaluar cuánto dinero podría ahorrar el gobierno federal al negar atención médica a pacientes de Medicare mediante un algoritmo de inteligencia…

(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…

(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

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…

Con la administración Trump cortando las medidas federales para proteger a los estadounidenses de facturas médicas impagables, defensores de pacientes y consumidores centran ahora sus esfuerzos en las legislaturas estatales para contener el problema de la deuda médica en el…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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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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…

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”…

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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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

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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