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An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

As families fracture, people are living longer and are more likely to find themselves without close relatives or friends at the end of their lives.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown

Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking advantage of the shutdown to lay off workers from programs supported mostly by Democrats. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health insurance analyst Louise Norris about Medicare open enrollment.

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS

The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services.

KFF Health News & PolitiFact HealthCheck

RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash

The health secretary’s statement doesn’t consider the impact that the Medicaid cuts advanced in the same law will have on health care in rural America.

In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails To Catch On

In Mississippi, a state with one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, Medicaid covers weight loss drugs, but few enrollees have signed up for the benefit.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown

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