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A woman with dark brown hair sits at a table and touches her face to the face of a girl wearing a pink bow in her hair

Redadas contra inmigrantes afectan a la industria del cuidado. Las familias pagan el precio.

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

Los estadounidenses dependen de muchos trabajadores nacidos en el extranjero para cuidar a sus familiares mayores, lesionados o discapacitados que no pueden valerse por sí mismos.

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Asheville, NC, Finally Has Clean Water To Drink, Nearly 2 Months After Helene

November 19, 2024 Morning Briefing

A boil-water notice — put in place because of lingering sediment from the destructive September storm — was lifted Monday. In related news, the Biden administration has asked Congress for $100B in emergency disaster funds.

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CDC Tasked With Cutting $2.9B Of Its Spending On Contracts In Just Weeks

April 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Trump administration gave the agency until April 18 to reduce by 35% its spending on contracts. Also, more about the gutting of federal health agencies and how people are responding.

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23 States Sue Trump Administration Over $11B In Health Funding Cuts

April 2, 2025 Morning Briefing

AP reports that the attorneys general involved in the lawsuit say the funding cuts will result in “serious harm to public health.” In related news about the Trump administration and DOGE: rural internet access, a kidney donor held by ICE, and more.

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A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.

By Stephanie Colombini, WUSF May 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Josie sensed Florida lawmakers were threatening her health care and ability to be herself at school. So she left. Families of other trans youth are plotting exits as well.

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No-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know.

By Julie Appleby April 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A federal judge’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act is by no means the final word. Even parsing its impact is complicated. Here are key issues to watch as the case works its way through the legal system.

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Congress Scrambles For Plan B After Trump, Musk Torpedo Spending Deal

December 19, 2024 Morning Briefing

The stopgap bill was stuffed with unrelated policy measures, which President-elect Donald Trump blasted on social media as “[giving] the Democrats everything they want.” The clock is now ticking on a Friday night deadline for a federal government shutdown.

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Doctors May Qualify For Exemption From $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

September 23, 2025 Morning Briefing

An executive order released Friday stated that an application fee waiver may be approved by the Homeland Security secretary if hiring a specific worker would be deemed “in the national interest.” This comes after medical groups called out the potential risk to rural health care.

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An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration

By Dan Weissmann March 12, 2025 Podcast

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline — for now. Here’s what that could mean for people with medical debt.

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Private Equity Firm Sycamore Partners Snaps Up Strained Walgreens For $10B

March 7, 2025 Morning Briefing

As part of the deal, which will be completed later this year, the Chicago-based pharmacy chain will sell its VillageMD unit. Other pharmaceutical news is about Cost Plus Drug Co., Eli Lilly, and more.

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President Unveils ‘TrumpRx’ Site For Discounted Drugs And Deal With Pfizer

October 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Pfizer has agreed to sell its drugs at lower prices to Medicaid patients and also to sell some of its meds on a “TrumpRx” website. The Wall Street Journal looks at how “TrumpRx” might work, while Mark Cuban gives the site a “B.”

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A Guide to Help You Keep Up With the Omicron Subvariants

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact May 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

How different are the seemingly endless stream of emerging omicron subvariants from one another and how protected are we?

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Three Things About the Abortion Debate That Many People Get Wrong

By Julie Rovner July 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The commonly repeated myths include arguments that only women who are pregnant are affected by the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, that Democratic lawmakers could have codified abortion protections before, and that Congress can easily get rid of federal laws restricting abortion.

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CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel Abandons Universal Covid Shot Recommendation

September 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

The panel had previously supported an annual covid vaccine shot for anyone 6 months and older. Now, after a unanimous vote, the panel says it is up to individuals to choose. Meanwhile, ACIP put off a vote on whether newborns should get a dose of the hepatitis B shot.

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NIH Has Whacked $2.3B In Research Grants Since Trump Took Office

April 25, 2025 Morning Briefing

Stat analyzed the funding cuts that have taken place and noted that the changes appear to be “the beginning of the end of the federal-academic partnership that has been propelling American biomedical innovation to untouchable heights for close to eight decades,” per scientific leaders.

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Community Health Centers’ Big Profits Raise Questions About Federal Oversight

By Phil Galewitz and Bram Sable-Smith August 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Nonprofit federally funded health centers are a linchpin in the nation’s health care safety net because they treat the medically underserved. The average profit margin is 5%, but some have recorded margins of 20% or more in three of the past four years.

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Hospitals Divert Primary Care Patients to Health Center ‘Look-Alikes’ to Boost Finances

By Phil Galewitz Photos by Heidi de Marco September 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and Medicaid pay “look-alike” health centers significantly more than hospitals for treating patients, and converting or creating clinics can help hospitals reduce their expenses.

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear PhRMA Appeal Of Arkansas’ Contract Pharmacy Law

December 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The drug industry’s application for a hearing was declined by the Supreme Court Monday. Arkansas’ law allows hospitals to use contract third-party pharmacies while participating in the federal 340B discount program. Other states have similar laws.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Francis Collins on Supporting NIH and Finding Common Ground

January 2, 2025 Podcast

Francis Collins led the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, under three presidents. During the Biden administration, he added White House science adviser to his long list of roles. Now he runs his own lab on the NIH campus, and his latest book, “The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust,” came out in September. In this special holiday episode of KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” Collins joins host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss health misinformation, the Trump administration’s plans for the NIH, and bringing together a fractured society.

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Sanofi Is The Latest To Sue HHS Over 340B Drug Discount Model Changes

December 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The claim was filed Monday, alleging the federal government lacks the authority to stop the company from implementing the proposed rebate model. Other news is on staffing shortages; health claim denial rates; and more.

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