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At Least 170 US Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Is Making It Worse.

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As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts leave the nation less prepared.

Where Jobs Are Scarce, Over 1 Million People Could Dodge Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules

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Under a new law, many Americans will have to meet a work requirement to obtain and keep their Medicaid coverage. But due to an exemption, millions living in areas of high unemployment could be spared.

Amid Confusion Over US Vaccine Recommendations, States Try To ‘Restore Trust’

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The decisions by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices matter, because insurers and federal programs rely on them, but they are not binding. States can follow the recommendations, or not.

As the Trump Administration and States Push Health Data Sharing, Familiar Challenges Surface

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Despite billions of tax dollars and two decades of effort invested in improving health care data sharing, Americans’ medical records often remain siloed, leading to duplicate testing, increased costs, and wasted time for patients and doctors.

In the Fallout From Trump’s Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decisions

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The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by declining state tax revenues, a slowdown in pandemic spending, and economic uncertainty. State and local governments now face difficult decisions.

When I Go, I’m Going Green

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In a survey by the National Funeral Directors Association, more than 60% of respondents said they would be interested in exploring green and natural burial alternatives.

Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States

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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.

As Insurers Struggle With GLP-1 Drug Costs, Some Seek To Wean Patients Off

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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.

When Hospitals and Insurers Fight, Patients Get Caught in the Middle

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About 90,000 people spent months in limbo as central Missouri’s major, and often only, provider fought over insurance contracts. Patients getting caught in the crossfire of disputes has become a familiar complication, as about 8% of hospitals have left an insurer network since 2021. Trump administration policies could accelerate the trend.

As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.

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Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together, these linked outbreaks have sickened more than 4,500 and killed at least 16 in the U.S. and Mexico.

Planned Parenthood Bets on Redistricting To Push Back Against GOP Funding Cuts

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Alarmed at Republicans’ deep cuts to health care and restrictions on reproductive rights, advocates are supporting California’s effort to counter a mid-decade gerrymander by the Texas GOP to pad their party’s fragile U.S. House majority.