Fearing Medicaid Coverage Loss, Some Parents Rush To Vaccinate Their Kids
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…
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Listen: Some Scientists Speak Out on Deep Cuts to National Cancer Institute, While Others Flee
LISTEN: A National Cancer Institute employee says cuts to research funding and a perceived lack of transparency at the agency are threatening the well-being of…
California Looked to Them To Close Health Disparities, Then It Backpedaled
Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.” For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout…
Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger.
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…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes
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…
Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care Act marketplaces, all you have to do is make enrollment…
Tribal Health Officials Work To Fill Vaccination Gaps as Measles Outbreak Spreads
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems…
Watch: What Are Medicaid Work Requirements?
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…
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…
States Pass Privacy Laws To Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive…