After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage
Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but after six years in office, the Democrat is forced to contemplate deep cuts — including to the nation’s largest health care expansion to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.
Listen: Black Swimmers Make Waves Overcoming Fear and Old Perceptions
Segregation and lack of access have kept many Black Americans from learning to swim, which raises their risk of drowning. Groups across the country are working to teach more Black kids and adults the skills to save their lives, or someone else’s.
Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
An Arm and a Leg: A Health Policy Veteran Puts 2025 in Perspective
Two stories from Washington, D.C., give listeners a sense of what changes the Trump administration has been making to health policy, with KFF Health News’ Julie Ronver and Arthur Allen.
Readers Scrutinize Federal Cuts and Medical Debt
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Trump Team Faces Key Legal Decision That Could Put Mental Health Parity in Peril
Journalists Zero In on Medicaid Threats and Social Security Hiccups
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net
Sen. Ron Wyden Seeks Answers on RFK Jr.’s Purge of FOIA Staff
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP
Meet the Florida Group Chipping Away at Public Benefits One State at a Time
Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay
As Republicans Eye Sweeping Medicaid Cuts, Missouri Offers a Preview
Investigation: Dead Zone
Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. The reliance on outdated technology and piecemeal systems challenge staffs and erode patient care.
