Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls
A sweeping set of regulations issued in February includes Trump administration proposals to curb what Obamacare critics contend are fraud incentives.
Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts
States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund meant to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.
CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment
Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the CDC staff, “I know that it has been such a difficult year.”
What the Health? From KFF Health News: A Headless CDC
The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya — who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health — has to give up that title, leaving no one at the helm of […]
Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health
So you’ve decided to go on a GLP-1 to lose weight. These medicines might seem like an easy way to drop unwanted pounds, but you’ll likely need to do a few other things to be successful long-term.
Demoralized CDC Workforce Reels From Year of Firings, Funding Cuts, and a Shooting
An Arm and a Leg: Steep Health Care Costs Steer Americans to Tough Decisions
‘They Tricked Me’: A Father Was Chained After He Went to ICE To Reunite With His Kids
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Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare
Even With Dental Insurance, You Still Could Face a Large Bill
Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota
‘How Low Can You Go?’ The Shifting Guidelines for Blood Pressure Control
Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax
Across California and the nation, health providers, advocates, local officials, and state legislators are eyeing tax increases to offset a loss of more than $900 billion in federal Medicaid dollars as a result of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In Los Angeles County, community clinics have banded together in support of a half-cent sales tax.
