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7 of 10 States Backed Abortion Rights. But Little To Change Yet.

By Bram Sable-Smith November 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion rights this election. Despite the results supporting abortion rights in seven of those states, much of the abortion landscape on abortion won’t change much immediately, as medical providers navigate the legal hurdles that remain.

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Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly

By Susan Jaffe December 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As open enrollment ends, many people are tuning out. They could wind up with a surprise next year: higher costs and less access to health care providers.

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Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead February 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.

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Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash

By Aneri Pattani November 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

States, counties, and cities are receiving millions in opioid settlement money to address the addiction crisis. The ways they spent the dollars in 2024 sometimes drew criticism from advocates and at least one state official, who alleged misuse.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Ousted CDC Officials Clap Back at RFK Jr.

September 18, 2025 Podcast

Fired less than a month after being confirmed as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez appeared at a dramatic Senate hearing this week alongside another ousted CDC official and directly contradicted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s earlier testimony about why she was fired. Monarez told the Health, […]

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Kennedy’s Take on Vaccine Science Fractures Cohesive National Public Health Strategies

By Stephanie Armour and Christine Mai-Duc and Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen September 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A lack of faith in the soundness of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new direction has led states to explore enacting their own vaccine policies. A patchwork of divergent recommendations and requirements could result.

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A Legal Battle Over Herring Fishing Has Big Implications for Health Care

By Julie Rovner January 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

What do herring fishing and health policy have in common? Quite a bit, it turns out, owing to a case now before the Supreme Court. If the justices rule as expected, based on this month’s oral arguments, they could dramatically change the way federal health agencies operate. “The upheaval caused … would be immense,” argues […]

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A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill Was $445.

By Bram Sable-Smith November 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A mom in Peoria, Illinois, took her 3-year-old to the ER one evening last December. While they were waiting to be seen, the toddler seemed better, so they left without seeing a doctor. Then the bill came.

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It’s Almost Flu Season. Should You Still Get a Shot, and Will Insurance Cover It?

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact August 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Doctors and public health leaders, including at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that most people 6 months old and older get the 2025-26 flu vaccine — and it’s still covered by most insurance plans.

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Cuts to Food Benefits Stand in the Way of RFK Jr.’s Goals for a Healthier National Diet

By Renuka Rayasam July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration has said improving American nutrition is a priority, but deep cuts to federal food assistance could lead people to forgo healthy food in favor of cheaper alternatives.

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Montana Designs New Hurdles for Abortion Clinics Ahead of Vote To Protect Access

By Matt Volz August 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed regulations would require clinics providing abortions in the state to meet sweeping new health standards, despite a likely vote in November on a constitutional amendment to protect abortion access.

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Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisers Sow Doubts as Scientists Protest US Pivot on Shots

By Arthur Allen and Sam Whitehead June 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A new vaccine advisory panel appointed by the HHS secretary, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, reflected his unsupported claims about the safety of childhood inoculations.

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At Some Federal Beaches, Surf’s Up but the Lifeguard Chair’s Empty

By Stephanie Armour June 26, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Some of the nation’s most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, then led by Elon Musk. The void has become a serious public health and safety concern.

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Ohio Voted on Abortion. Next Year, 11 More States Might, Too.

By Bram Sable-Smith November 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Ohio is the latest state where voters have directly weighed in on abortion, and the next wave of such ballot measures is in the works in at least 11 other states, including Missouri.

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When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too

By Susan Jaffe April 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Breakups between health providers and Advantage plans are increasingly common. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has allowed whole groups of patients to leave their plans.

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Medicare Enrollees Can Switch Coverage Now. Here’s What’s New and What to Consider.

By Julie Appleby October 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Fall is the time when enrollees in the federal program for older people and people with certain disabilities can make changes to their health and drug plans. The decision can be complicated, but here are some key points to keep in mind.

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An illustration drawn with pencil and colored digitally shows a row of hands dropping ballot envelopes into a large box in the center of the image. Inside of the ballot box is a senior male judge, who is ripping a paper in half that says, "YES."

Voters Backed Abortion Rights but State Judges Have Final Say

By Bram Sable-Smith and Katheryn Houghton Illustration by Oona Zenda January 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts voters have elected indicate legal fights to come aren’t clear-cut.

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An Arm and a Leg: This Health Economist Wants Your Medical Bills

By Dan Weissmann November 5, 2025 Podcast

A longtime health economist sets her sights on lowering Americans’ insurance premiums.

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GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk

By Phil Galewitz February 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Congressional Republicans are pushing plans that could make deep cuts to Medicaid to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities. At stake is coverage for millions of low-income Americans, as well as a huge revenue source for hospitals — and every state.

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RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash

By Arielle Zionts October 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The health secretary’s statement doesn’t consider the impact that the Medicaid cuts advanced in the same law will have on health care in rural America.

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