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Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment

November 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Download the Data: Opioid Settlement Expenditures 2024

October 31, 2025 Page

We encourage any news organization to use the data and localize it for your own reporting. Please keep in mind these key points: The 2024 expenditures database should not be compared with the 2022-23 expenditures database. Some states budget money on a biennial basis or report by fiscal year (instead of calendar year), which can […]

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A man sorts through a food delivery at a food bank

The Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.

By Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss and Renuka Rayasam October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is making sweeping changes to SNAP, the program that helped feed about 42 million people in the U.S. last year. Here’s a breakdown of the changes to come and potential impacts.

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Deal or No Deal? States Prepare for Congress To Act at the Last Minute on Obamacare

By Amanda Seitz October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET.

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Insurers Blame Hospitals’ Use Of AI, ‘Aggressive’ Coding For Price Spikes

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Health insurers are ready to fight fire with fire, as they cite the overzealous uses of AI in billing and coding for the surge in claims that are cutting into their profits. Other news looks at a class-action lawsuit by nurses and doctors in Montana, racial disparities in maternal care, and more.

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to read. Today’s selections are on Napoleon’s army, cancer immunotherapy, memory manipulation, and more.

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Viewpoints: Our Leaders Failed Us By Cutting Medicare Telehealth Coverage; Will Help For Chronic Pain Go Next?

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

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Telltale Signs Of Bird Flu Infection Aren’t Always Evident, Review Finds

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Researchers delve deeper into the perception that human H5N1 infections are apparent and severe. They also examine the likelihood of transmission among people. Also: A listeria outbreak tied to pasta salads claims two more lives; an ill Utah resident refuses a measles test; and more.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, October 31, 2025 🎃

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Kennedy Softens Warning On Tylenol; Study Ties Covid In Pregnancy, Autism

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday there is not “sufficient” evidence that Tylenol causes autism. Earlier this month, Kennedy had said, “We’re doing the studies to make the proof.” In related news, a study of more than 18,100 births found that children born to mothers infected with covid during pregnancy faced a higher risk of autism.

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Many States — But Not All — Step Up To Help SNAP Beneficiaries Amid Deadline

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Boston appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s decision to suspend food aid until the government spending stalemate is resolved.

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HHS Drafts Plan To Effectively End Trans Care For Youths Nationwide

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

The proposal, obtained by NPR, says the Trump administration would halt all Medicaid and Medicare funding for any services at hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care. Other news is on reproductive health care in Maine, homelessness in Utah, asbestos in D.C., and more.

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FDA’s Block Of Mifepristone Access Is Unlawful, Federal Judge Rules

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

U.S. District Judge Jill Otake of Hawaii said in her ruling that the FDA violated the law by failing to provide reasonable scientific justification. She did not seek an immediate elimination of the restrictions.

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First Edition: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 🎃

October 31, 2025 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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A Bite, a Bill, and a Bureaucratic Chill in Winning Halloween Haikus

By KFF Health News Staff Illustrations by Oona Zenda October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

This year’s most spirited Halloween haikus were inspired by tick migration, Medicaid work requirements, and rising copays.

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At The Hollow in Florida, the ‘Medical Freedom’ Movement Finds Its Base Camp

By Arthur Allen October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Florida’s surgeon general, spiritual healers, and Trump allies push their cures in a swampy outpost of anti-government absolutism and mystical belief.

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Better Treatments Buoy Multiple-Myeloma Patients, Bound by Research Cuts and Racial Disparities

By Melba Newsome October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Although racial disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma remain, Black survivors of multiple myeloma say the latest developments in treatment give them hope even as federal research cuts create a grim forecast for cancer research.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Happy Open Enrollment Eve!

October 30, 2025 Podcast

A standoff in Congress is keeping much of the government shut down as open enrollment begins in most states for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats are demanding Republicans agree to extend ACA tax credits, but there has been little negotiating — even as customers are learning what they’ll pay for coverage next year. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is telling states they can’t pass their own laws to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.

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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs

October 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: Open Enrollment Is Extra Painful This Year; New Covid Vaccine Recommendations Miss A Vital Group

October 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss these public health topics.

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