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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown

October 23, 2025 Podcast

Two major nutrition programs — SNAP and WIC — are likely to exhaust their funding in November, and the furloughs and firings at the CDC have left the agency unable to perform some of its major functions. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s new IVF policy is being met with dissatisfaction from both sides. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Katheryn Houghton, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.

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Someone's hand holds out the two vials of the Evusheld covid therapy and their packaging.

It Was Already Hard to Find Evusheld, a Covid Prevention Therapy. Now It’s Even Harder.

By Hannah Recht March 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

At least 7 million immunocompromised people could benefit from the monoclonal antibody injections designed to prevent covid-19. The government says it has enough doses for a fraction of those in need ― and it doesn’t have the money to buy more.

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A Hospital Charged $722.50 to Push Medicine Through an IV. Twice.

By Rae Ellen Bichell June 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A college student never got an answer for what caused her intense pain, but she did get a bill that totaled $18,736 for an ER visit. She and her mom, a nurse practitioner, fought to understand all the charges.

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Cien millones de vacunas contra covid en 100 días no nos hará volver a la normalidad

By Victoria Knight February 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los epidemiólogos estiman que es necesario inocular al menos al 70% de la población para que se alcance la inmunidad colectiva, para poder frenar la pandemia.

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Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.

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Los suministros para combatir a COVID-19 en hospitales están llegando desde el cielo

By Christina Jewett and Lauren Weber March 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitales están recurriendo a distribuidores privados y al Ejército de los Estados Unidos para transportar por vía aérea millones de máscaras protectoras y otros suministros hospitalarios desde China.

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Lost on the Frontline

By The Staffs of KHN and The Guardian August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“Lost on the Frontline” is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.

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Exodus By Puerto Rican Medical Students Deepens Island’s Doctor Drain

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 1, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Interest in medical schools is high in Puerto Rico, but many students look to the U.S. mainland for residencies because of higher pay and the commonwealth’s declining economy. The migration of young talent is both a symptom and an exacerbation of the island’s medical woes.

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La otra crisis de Puerto Rico: el éxodo de médicos jóvenes

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 1, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Estudiar medicina es una opción popular entre los jóvenes puertorriqueños. Pero muchos graduados están yéndose, eligiendo mejores oportunidades de trabajo, a pesar de las crecientes y urgentes necesidades de salud de Puerto Rico.

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For A Family With Job-Based Insurance, Premium Subsidies Fall Far Short Of Promises

By Kathie Platt March 31, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A Texas woman explains how her family’s hopes of help from the health law were dashed when they found out that they were not eligible.

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Claims Drop After Texas Takes Over Women’s Health Program

By Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune December 13, 2013 KFF Health News Original

With the exclusion of roughly 40 Planned Parenthood clinics, claims for birth control and wellness exams dropped for the first six months of 2013, as did enrollment numbers.

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Monthly Premiums For A ‘Benchmark’ Silver Plan In Federally Run Insurance Marketplaces

September 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This chart lists sample premiums in the 36 states where the federal government is running the online insurance marketplaces.

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