Archives: Morning Briefings

Monday, Apr 20 2026 KFF Health News Original Stories 3 In Connecticut, Doctors Now Sue Patients Most Over Medical Bills, Surpassing Hospitals The Accidental Architect of America’s Drug Patent Problem Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas' Pay Vaccines 1 RFK Jr. Defends Health Care Agenda: 'I'm Not Anti-Vax. I'm […]

Friday, Apr 17 2026 KFF Health News Original Stories 2 Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human Listen: With Little Federal Regulation, States Are Left To Shape the Rules on AI in Health Care Capitol Watch 1 RFK Jr. Concedes Measles Vaccine Is Safe, Effective, Better Than Being Sick Administration News 1 Dr. Erica […]

Thursday, Apr 16 2026 KFF Health News Original Stories 2 New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More. As US Birth Rate Falls, Feds’ Response May Make Pregnancy More Dangerous Political Cartoon: 'OR Lost and Found?' Health Care Costs 1 HHS Hires Economic Adviser To Oversee Health Care Affordability Administration […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 Medi-Cal Immigrant Enrollment Is Dropping. Researchers Point to Trump’s Policies. Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State’s $219M in Rural Health Funding Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute' Note To Readers Health Care Costs 1 1 In 7 Who Enrolled In An ACA Plan This Year […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 States Change Custody Laws To Keep Children of Detained Immigrants Out of Foster Care New Orleans Takes Steps To Assess and Clean Lead in Playgrounds After Investigation Political Cartoon: 'That's Ruff' Vaccines 1 Eye Doctor Being Considered To Replace Prasad As Vaccine Regulator Cancer 1 Pill For Metastatic Pancreatic […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You Pennsylvania Town Faces Fallout From Trump’s Environmental Rule Rollback Rovner Recaps Medicaid Cuts' Impact on Hospitals and Fields Caller Questions on Affordability Covid-19 1 Covid Might Be Spread By Lung Protein Mechanism, Researchers Find Administration News 2 CMS Wants […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 For Many Patients Leaving the ICU, the Struggle Has Only Just Begun Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow Abortion Pills, the Budget, and RFK Jr. Vaccines 1 New ACIP Charter, Published Thursday, Revises Purpose Of Panel, Who's On It Administration News 1 […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages Farm Bureau Health Plans Beat the ACA on Prices With an Age-Old Tactic: Rejecting Sick People Political Cartoon: 'Hallucinogenix?' Note To Readers Administration News 1 From Gloves To Helium for MRIs, Iran War Is Rattling Medical Supply Chain Health […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records Urgent Care Clinics Move To Fill Abortion Care Gaps in Rural Areas Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute' Reproductive Health 1 For Now, Abortion Pill May Remain Available By Mail, Judge Rules Health Industry 1 After Pledging […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 This Northern Cheyenne Doula Was About To Start Getting Paid — Then Medicaid Cuts Hit Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI? Political Cartoon: 'Ch-ears!' Administration News 1 CMS Sets A 2.48% Medicare Advantage Payment Rate Increase For 2027 Vaccines 1 RSV Shots For […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 These Women Had Their Breasts Removed To Thwart Cancer. Then Came the Pain. Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures Note To Readers Administration News 1 White House Budget Would Cut HHS Funding By 12.5%, Move 340B To […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 Tax Time Brings Surprises for Some Who Receive ACA Subsidies Listen: What the Vaccine Schedule Whiplash Means for Your Kids GOP Mulls More Health Cuts Administration News 1 HHS To Examine Health Effects Of Tiny Plastic Particles That Leach Into Water Health Care Costs 1 Hoping To Dodge Trump's […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines State-Run Insurance Plans for Foster Kids Leave Some of Them Without Doctors Political Cartoon: 'Trauma Dumping?' Administration News 1 Trump Ready To Levy 100% Tariffs On Some Imported Name-Brand Drugs Capitol Watch 1 Bill Would Limit […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Darkens Outlook for Government-Backed Clinics Readers Sound Off on Wage Garnishment, Work Requirements, and More Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute' LGBTQ+ Health 1 Colorado Law Banning Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ+ Kids Struck Down Administration News 1 Health Clinics Fret Title […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 States Pay Deloitte, Others Millions To Comply With Trump Law To Cut Medicaid Rolls Trump’s Hunt for Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators Political Cartoon: 'Comatoes?' Note To Readers Health Care Costs 1 Twice As Many People Are Now Paying Over $500 A Month For ACA Premiums Administration News […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 Inside the High-Stakes Corporate Fight Over Feeding Preterm Babies She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage Global Watch 1 GOP Eyeing ACA Subsidy Cuts, Other Health Care Moves To Pay For Iran War Health Care Costs 1 ACA Exchange Plan Carriers Denied Nearly 1 in […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 3 Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts A Headless CDC Administration News 1 In Anti-DEI Push, Trump Officials Demand Data From 3 Medical Schools Capitol Watch 1 Senate Votes To Fund DHS But […]

KFF Health News Original Stories 2 Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment Political Cartoon: 'The Very Sore Caterpillar?' Note To Readers Mental Health 1 Jury Finds Meta, YouTube Liable In Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Administration […]