The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
By Renuka Rayasam Sam Whitehead
September 13, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Georgia must decide soon whether to try to extend a limited Medicaid expansion that requires participants to work. Enrollment fell far short of goals in the first year, and the state isn’t yet able to verify participants are working.
No One Wants To Talk About Racial Trauma. Why My Family Broke Our Silence.
By Cara Anthony
September 13, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family’s traumatic past, too.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump-Harris Debate Showcases Health Policy Differences
September 12, 2024
Podcast
As expected, the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offered few new details of their positions on abortion, the Affordable Care Act, and other critical health issues. But it did underscore for voters dramatic differences between the two candidates. Meanwhile, the Biden administration issued rules attempting to better enforce […]
Forget Repeal and Replace. The Next Big ACA Fight Will Be Over Subsidies.
By Julie Appleby
September 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Forget repeal and replace. Critics of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, have a new target: key parts of the law that they say are too costly and provide incentive for fraud. Topping that list are the ACA’s enhanced subsidies, put in place during the coronavirus pandemic as part of economic recovery legislation and set to […]
North Carolina Approves Medicaid Funding, But Below Levels Requested
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
The figure approved by the legislature Wednesday is designed to address higher state Medicaid costs for the current fiscal year, but the total is $81 million less than the figure requested by state health officials. Separately, New York moves to address disparities in health care.
Research Roundup: Menopause; RSV; Alzheimer’s; Ear Infections
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.
Tubal Ligations Steadily Climbed Since Roe Was Overturned, Study Finds
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Researchers broke the data down by states where abortions were “banned,” “limited,” or “protected,” and found increases across all of them, leading to the conclusion that legal uncertainty prompted more people to choose to have their fallopian tubes tied.
Kentucky Medical Group Allegedly Sought Organs From Living Patient
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
The Wall Street Journal reports a startling case in which an organ-procurement group in Kentucky allegedly pressed its staff to harvest organs from a patient who was conscious and later exited the facility alive. The accusation surfaced during a House hearing about the troubled transplant system.
Sen. Bernie Sanders Ready To Accuse Steward Health CEO Of Contempt
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre signaled he’ll disobey a subpoena to show up at a Senate hearing on Steward’s bankruptcy. If he doesn’t appear, Sanders is ready to press charges: “Tell me about your yacht. … I want to hear your justification for that,” the Vermont independent said to AP.
High Adderall Dose Linked To Alarming Risk Of Mental Health Episodes
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
A fivefold increased risk for first-time psychosis or mania episodes was found among patients prescribed more than 40 milligrams per dose, researchers say. Migraine medicine ads and weight-loss drugs also are in the news.
Mosquito-Borne EEE In Rhode Island; Infant Dies From Pertussis In Alaska
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
In other news, bird flu has spread to three more dairy herds in California. Also, CDC data confirm that more than half of the country experienced “very high” levels of covid-19 in August.
Morning Briefing for Thursday, September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Obamacare, sterilization, extreme heat, organ transplants, Adderall, mental health, Medicaid funding, EEE, and more
Prominent Senate Republican Shakes Off Notion Of Obamacare Repeal
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Should Republicans take control of the Senate, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana would likely take the reins of the health committee — and he acknowledges scrapping the Affordable Care Act isn’t likely because it would require a bipartisan vote.
Judge Blocks Utah Social Media Law Intended To Protect Minors
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
“Even well-intentioned legislation that regulates speech based on content must satisfy a tremendously high level of constitutional scrutiny,” Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby said in issuing the preliminary injunction. Also: College students’ mental health appears to be improving.
First Edition: Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024
September 12, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients
By Rachana Pradhan
September 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around — while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.
In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
September 12, 2024
KFF Health News Original
State and local governments are struggling to keep up with the increasing burden of heat-related illness as summers get hotter because of climate change. In Missoula County, Montana, officials are working with researchers to understand trends in heat-related 911 calls.
Trump, Harris Spar Over Abortion Rights and Obamacare in Their First Face-Off
By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
September 11, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The generally combative face-off was marked by a series of false and sometimes bizarre statements from former President Donald Trump.
En su primer cara a cara, Harris y Trump se enfrentan por el Obamacare y el aborto
By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
September 11, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Los dos candidatos presidenciales abordaron una amplia gama de temas, desde cifras de empleo e inflación hasta el aborto y la inmigración, en intercambios marcados por ataques personales.
