Maryland Taps Affordable Care Act Fund To Help Pay for Abortion Care
The state is using an old source of funding to pay for a new money crunch: assisting out-of-state patients with the costs associated with abortion.
Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up
Insurers will take drug costs, frequency of use, and other factors into account as they set premium amounts for the 2026 plan year.
‘A Fear Pandemic’: Immigration Raids Push Patients Into Telehealth
With intensified immigration enforcement in California, community clinics serving Latino and immigrant populations say they’ve noticed an increase in appointment cancellations and telehealth usage. But, as the covid-19 pandemic showed, accessing the necessary technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments can take a person’s health care only so far.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump Further Politicizes Science
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order about science and medicine seeks to take funding decisions out of the hands of career scientists and give them to political appointees instead. And a gunman, reportedly disgruntled over covid vaccines, shoots at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, killing a law enforcement officer. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Aaron Carroll, president and CEO of the health services research group AcademyHealth, about how to restore the public’s trust in public health.
‘Alternative Facts’ Aren’t a Reason To Skip Vaccines
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to defund mRNA research is just the latest to put ideology above public health.
Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community
An Arm and a Leg: A Wild Health Insurance Hustle
Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs
Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors
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Inside the CDC, Shooting Adds to Trauma as Workers Describe Projects, Careers in Limbo
Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
A Guide To Finding Insurance at 26
Listen: Regulatory Rollbacks and Federal Layoffs Threaten America’s Food Supply
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Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse.
