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A closeup shot of the side of a woman with a cochlear implant who is also wearing reading glasses.

When a Hearing Aid Isn’t Enough

By Paula Span October 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices.

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A young child with two braids and a light blue dress with frilly skirt swings on a swing set with barefeet. The rest of the playground and park in the background have a motion blur while the child is in focus.

Poison at Play: Unsafe Levels of Lead Found in Half of New Orleans Playgrounds

By Tristan Baurick, Verite News and Halle Parker, Verite News February 5, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Verite News’ reporters tested soil in more than 80 playgrounds for lead contamination. Even in trace amounts, lead exposure in children can result in lower IQs, learning challenges, and behavioral issues.

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A closeup shot of the side of a woman with a cochlear implant who is also wearing reading glasses.

Cuando un audífono no es suficiente

By Paula Span October 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Desde 2022, Medicare amplió la cobertura de implantes cocleares para incluir a los adultos mayores con distintos rangos de deterioro auditivo.

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He Built Michigan’s Medicaid Work Requirement System. Now He’s Warning Other States.

By Kate Wells, Michigan Public September 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Michigan’s former top health official spent a year and $30 million building a system to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients. The difficulties he encountered have him worried about 40 states and Washington, D.C., having to launch such systems by 2027.

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Georgia Shows Rough Road Ahead for States as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead July 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump signed legislation that requires many Medicaid recipients to prove they’re working to qualify for health care coverage, allocating $200 million for states that expanded Medicaid to prepare systems to verify people’s eligibility. Georgia’s program, which has been expensive and difficult to administer, has had limited enrollment.

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Big Loopholes in Hospital Charity Care Programs Mean Patients Still Get Stuck With the Tab

By Michelle Andrews September 25, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even if people qualify for financial help with their hospital bills, the care they receive may not be covered.

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A woman in a white shirt and black vest pulled up to expose her belly lies on an exam table as another woman holds a device to the pregnant woman's stomach.

Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies

By Arielle Zionts May 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

More than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2021, including a South Dakota hospital that serves small towns, farming communities, and a Native American reservation. Patients there now travel at least an hour to give birth.

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This News Might Ruin Your Appetite — And Summer

By David Hilzenrath May 20, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA’s assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in your gut, causing health problems.

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A man in a suit, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with gray hair is seated at a desk before a microphone.

‘Alternative Facts’ Aren’t a Reason To Skip Vaccines

By Elisabeth Rosenthal August 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to defund mRNA research is just the latest to put ideology above public health.

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How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices

By Arthur Allen December 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As criticism of pharmacy benefit managers heats up, fear of lawsuits is driving some big employers to drop the “Big Three” PBMs — or force them to change.

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Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group Updated November 18, 2024 Originally Published November 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O’Malley’s efforts to address the agency’s overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.

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Qué significa la decisión sobre la vacuna contra la hepatitis B para la gente

By Céline Gounder December 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Un comité de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades votó para poner fin a la recomendación universal de aplicar la vacuna contra la hepatitis B a los recién nacidos.

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Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts

By Noam N. Levey March 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.

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Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR December 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to share the power its solar panels generate with patients who needed help with their electricity and gas bills.

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A woman in jeans and a t-shirt sits on a couch with her legs outstretched and looks at the camera.

Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help

By Amy Maxmen September 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandemic.

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As Insurers Struggle With GLP-1 Drug Costs, Some Seek To Wean Patients Off

By Jamie Ducharme September 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Conventional wisdom says GLP-1 drugs must be taken indefinitely to maintain weight loss. But a growing number of researchers, payers, and providers are challenging that consensus and exploring whether — and how — to taper patients off expensive GLP-1 drugs.

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A photo of a home health aide helping an older woman sit down.

Solving the Home Care Quandary

By Paula Span January 8, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care.

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Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez August 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As states prepare to implement changes to Medicaid required by President Donald Trump’s recent tax-and-spending law, tribal leaders say they are concerned Native American enrollees could lose their coverage, despite exemptions made by Congress.

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A silhouette of an injured senior man with crutches.

Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem

By Paula Span October 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated.

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A man in a suit, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with gray hair is seated at a desk before a microphone.

Cuidado con los “datos alternativos”, no deben ser un motivo para dejar de vacunarse

By Elisabeth Rosenthal August 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

La deficiente comunicación científica del gobierno y los que diseminan información errónea en internet han abonado el terreno para que los datos alternativos crezcan como la mala hierba.

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