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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…
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Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported
“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…
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Amid PFAS Fallout, a Maine Doctor Navigates Medical Risks With Her Patients
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,…
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Cuts to Food Benefits Stand in the Way of RFK Jr.’s Goals for a Healthier National Diet
ALBANY, Ga. — Belinda McLoyd has been thinking about peanut butter. McLoyd, 64, receives a small monthly payment through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
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Georgia Shows Rough Road Ahead for States as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom
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…
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$50B Rural Health ‘Slush Fund’ Faces Questions, Skepticism
https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/mp_20250718_seg_MMR_-_Rural_Health_64.mp3 The Rural Health Transformation Program calls for federal regulators to hand states $10 billion a year…
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Louisiana Upholds Its HIV Exposure Law as Other States Change or Repeal Theirs
SHREVEPORT, La. — When Robert Smith met his future girlfriend in 2010, he wanted to take things slowly. For Smith, no relationship had been easy…
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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…
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Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums
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…
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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly…
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