Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is hunting for Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse in at least six Democratic-led states that expanded coverage to low-income and disabled immigrants without legal status, according to records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.
Journalists Discuss Fallout of CDC Turmoil and Recap Bitter RFK Senate Hearing
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC
Just days after his firing of the brand-new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a defiant Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. secretary of health and human services, defended that action and others before a sometimes skeptical Senate Finance Committee. Criticism of Kennedy’s increasingly anti-vaccine actions came not just from Democrats on […]
He Built Michigan’s Medicaid Work Requirement System. Now He’s Warning Other States.
Michigan’s former top health official spent a year and $30 million building a system to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients. The difficulties he encountered have him worried about 40 states and Washington, D.C., having to launch such systems by 2027.
As Insurers Struggle With GLP-1 Drug Costs, Some Seek To Wean Patients Off
Conventional wisdom says GLP-1 drugs must be taken indefinitely to maintain weight loss. But a growing number of researchers, payers, and providers are challenging that consensus and exploring whether — and how — to taper patients off expensive GLP-1 drugs.
RFK Jr. Faces Senate Finance Committee: A Live Discussion
Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help
Listen: Limiting Benefits and Adding Restrictions, ‘MAHA’ Reshapes Food Aid
Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research
Watch: How Controversies Over Vaccine Changes Affect You
At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn
Do Pediatricians Recommend Vaccines To Make a Profit? There’s Not Much Money in It
Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested but Shelved Under Biden.
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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.
