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KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and regional media this week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...
In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped ...
The $4.5 trillion tax and immigration bill cleared the House Thursday after a chaotic overnight and morning in Congress. The legislation contains $1.2 trillion in cutbacks to Medicaid and food stamps.
States that run their own health insurance marketplaces fear an end to automatic Obamacare reenrollment under the tax and ...
Spending cuts hitting medical providers, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act enrollees, and lawfully present immigrants are just some of the biggest changes the GOP has in store for health care — with ...
Planned Parenthood stands to lose $700 million in federal funding tied to Medicaid. Planned Parenthood Federation of America's President and CEO, Alexis McGill Johnson, warned Wednesday that nearly ...
The facility should be operational within a year to 18 months, according to the organization. Other industry news is on business pressures facing Centene, the uncertainty of the ACA market, the use of ...
The agency's website indicates HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adopted the previous advisory panel's suggestion to expand access on June 25. AP also reports on FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad's ...
About 11 million people would lose coverage, estimates show. The legislation also calls for cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. In a lengthy floor speech before the final ...
A legal expert notes the U.S. denaturalization policy is legit but says "its use has historically been rare and reserved for extreme cases — such as war crimes or national security threats." Plus, ...
A new analysis shows high levels of fine-particulate air pollution causes more cancer mutations. A quarter of all lung cancer cases worldwide are among people who never smoked. Meanwhile, websites for ...
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. This article is part of KFF’s Medicaid Watch, featuring policy research, polling, and news about the Medicaid financing debate and ...