White House Forms ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Commission
From Becker’s Leadership and Management President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating the Make America Healthy Again Commission afte…
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2025 ARC States’ Co-Chair Elected: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
Elected by his fellow Appalachian state governors, Maryland Governor Wes Moore is now ARC’s 2025 States’ Co-Chair. He is the 72nd States’ Co-Cha…
A Dose of Love: The Winning Health Policy Valentines
Nothing sweeps us off our feet like a health policy valentine. Readers showed their love this season, writing poetic lines about surprise medical bills, bird…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Courts Try To Curb Health Cuts
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health…
Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That ‘Ludicrous.’
In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live,…
An Arm and a Leg: How Do You Deal With Wild Drug Prices?
Prices for brand-name drugs in the U.S. are three times what the same drugs cost in other countries. And in a recent KFF survey, 3…
Top California Democrats Clash Over How To Rein In Drug Industry Middlemen
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term governor are…
A Year After Super Bowl Parade Shooting, Trauma Freeze Gives Way to Turmoil for Survivors
KFF Health News and KCUR followed the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14, 2024, mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl…
Wright Center Sites Earn National Recognition
The Wright Center for Community Heath’s Clarks Summit and Mid Valley locations have learned national recognition from the National Committee for Qua…
Drastic Changes to Medicaid Not a New Idea
Block grants, per Capita Medicaid funding, choices to expand Medicaid eligibility but receive less federal support, and Medicaid Work Requirements wer…