Medicaid Tries New Approach With Sickle Cell: Companies Get Paid Only if Costly Gene Therapies Work
The government is using sickle cell treatments to test a new strategy: paying only if the therapies benefit patients. With more expensive treatments on the horizon, the program — created by the Biden administration and continued under President Trump — could help Medicaid save money and treat more patients.
GOP Promotes MAHA Agenda in Bid To Avert Midterm Losses. Dems Point to Contradictions.
As fractures emerge in the Make America Great Again movement, some Republicans see its health-focused "MAHA" counterpart as the party’s next big thing. But doubts abound.
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Readers Balk at ‘Gold Standard’ of Autism Treatment
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As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options
Millions of middle-class Americans who have Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are facing soaring premium payments in 2026. Some people are contemplating big life changes to deal with new rates that kicked in on Jan. 1.
Physician-Journalist Shines Light on Measles Upsurge and New GLP-1 Study
How Is Your County Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? Our New Tool Follows the Money.
Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement
What the Health? From KFF Health News: Culture Wars Take Center Stage
Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend.
GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Has Picked Up Steam in Statehouses. Here’s What To Expect in 2026.
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Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds
KFF Health News is working to collect and post complete application materials, by state, here and will update this repository as new materials, released in response to public records requests, arrive.
