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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

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.

Letters to the Editor

Readers Scrutinize Federal Cuts and Medical Debt

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Weekly Podcast

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP

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‘…Forgets the Worm’

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