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A photo of Kamala Harris on a stage in front of a podium with a microphone.

Harris, Once Biden’s Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health

By Stephanie Armour and Julie Appleby and Julie Rovner July 21, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access — hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.

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Es el momento de revisar el plan de Medicare. Lo nuevo que hay que saber

By Julie Appleby October 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Desde el 15 de octubre y hasta el 7 de diciembre, los afiliados al programa tradicional o a los planes de Medicare Advantage, que ofrecen aseguradoras privadas, pueden cambiar su cobertura.

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Schools, Sheriffs, and Syringes: State Plans Vary for Spending $26B in Opioid Settlement Funds

By Aneri Pattani November 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic, but with countless groups advocating for their share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

By Arthur Allen December 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal laws and programs. If senior officials cast doubt on vaccine safety, the whole system might collapse, especially in red states.

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Readers Speak Up About Women’s Health Issues, From Reproductive Care to Drinking

April 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Los republicanos están considerando recortes a Medicaid. De nuevo, ¿qué es Medicaid?

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

Más de 79 millones de personas reciben servicios de Medicaid o del relacionado Programa de Seguro de Salud Infantil (CHIP). Esto representa aproximadamente el 20% de la población total de Estados Unidos.

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Louisiana Upholds Its HIV Exposure Law as Other States Change or Repeal Theirs

By Halle Parker, Verite News July 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

State lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to extend the law this year to cover the intentional exposure of other sexually transmitted infections.

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FDA Urged To Relax Decades-Old Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay and Bisexual Men

By Rae Ellen Bichell May 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal regulations prevent gay and bisexual men from donating tissue, such as corneas, ligaments, and blood vessels. Similar restrictions have been relaxed or lifted for donated blood and organs in recent years.

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Ohio votó a favor del aborto. Podrían seguir otros 11 estados el próximo año

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

El impulso para llevar el polémico tema a los votantes llega después de la serie de victorias en las votaciones del año pasado a favor del derecho al aborto en seis estados: California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana y Vermont.

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Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price.

By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang April 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand.

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A Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds

By Julie Appleby June 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The billion-dollar amount cited by former Sen. Al Franken, while an estimate, is likely very close to what insurers will owe this year under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that compels rebates when insurers spend too little on actual medical care.

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Anti-Abortion Groups Shrug Off Election Losses, Look to Courts, Statehouses for Path Forward

By Rachana Pradhan November 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Anti-abortion groups have lost seven consecutive elections on state ballot measures about abortion. They say they’re unfazed and plan to keep focusing on lawmakers and courts to notch wins.

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Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’

By Arthur Allen Updated November 14, 2024 Originally Published November 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As federal health scientists await a potential takeover by RFK Jr. and other medical skeptics in the second Trump administration, some are preparing résumés or retirement papers.

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Para las farmacéuticas, la pelea entre Trump y Harris es entre dos enemigos de la industria

By Stephanie Armour August 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Legisladores de ambos partidos atacan cada vez más a la industria, por los precios de los medicamentos que la mayoría de los estadounidenses consideran irrazonables.

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RFK Jr. Adds 5 ACIP Panelists, Including Skeptics Of Vaccines, Covid Protocol

September 16, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices this week will meet and vote on chickenpox, covid-19, and hepatitis B shots. Former CDC officials expect the panel will vote against recommending hep B shots for newborns. Plus, ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez preps for a Senate hearing.

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Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics

By Phil Galewitz October 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Company health clinics are most common at large workplaces, but some small employers say they see advantages, too: healthier workers, lower costs, and better access to primary care.

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West Virginia City Once Battered by Opioid Overdoses Confronts ‘Fourth Wave’

By Taylor Sisk March 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Years of struggle prepared residents in Cabell County, West Virginia, to confront the latest wave of the opioid epidemic as mixtures of fentanyl and other drugs claim lives nationwide.

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Readers Rail at Social Security Overpayments and Insurers’ Prior Authorizations

September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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For Young People on Medicare, a Hysterectomy Sometimes Is More Affordable Than Birth Control

By Gina Jiménez March 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

While Medicare was designed as health insurance for those 65 and older, it also covers people with disabilities who are young enough to still get pregnant. Yet they often struggle to get their birth control covered and end up with large medical bills — or instead opt for hysterectomies or tubal ligations, which Medicare sometimes will cover.

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Federal Program to Save Rural Hospitals Feels ‘Growing Pains’

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Tony Leys January 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Fewer than two dozen rural hospitals were converted into Rural Emergency Hospitals in the program’s first year. Now, advocates and lawmakers say tweaks to the law are necessary to lure more takers and keep health care in rural communities.

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