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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone

By Rachana Pradhan and Katheryn Houghton Photos by Eric Harkleroad March 6, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Cancer treatments, disease outbreaks, addiction science: Scientists say an exodus from the National Institutes of Health will harm the nation’s ability to respond to illness.

For Many Patients Leaving the ICU, the Struggle Has Only Just Begun

By Paula Span April 10, 2026 KFF Health News Original

A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the Vast Expanses of Indian Country, Broadband Gaps Create Health Gaps, Too

By Sarah Jane Tribble December 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

On Idaho’s remote Fort Hall Reservation, thousands live without reliable high-speed internet, which supports health care, education, and daily life. Facing delays and wavering federal policy, Frances Goli is determined to spend more than $22 million in federal grant money before she runs out of time.

What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation’s Health Care Safer

By Arthur Allen April 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday.

Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls

By Julie Appleby March 27, 2026 KFF Health News Original

A sweeping set of regulations issued in February includes Trump administration proposals to curb what Obamacare critics contend are fraud incentives.

Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 16, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Across California and the nation, health providers, advocates, local officials, and state legislators are eyeing tax increases to offset a loss of more than $900 billion in federal Medicaid dollars as a result of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In Los Angeles County, community clinics have banded together in support of a half-cent sales tax.

States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit

By Bram Sable-Smith and Sarah Jane Tribble September 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

North Carolina and Idaho are cutting their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.

Even as SNAP Resumes, New Work Rules Threaten Access for Years To Come

By Renuka Rayasam and Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss December 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even as the federal government resumed funding the nation’s largest food assistance program, people risk losing access to the aid because of new rules.

Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness

By Felice J. Freyer August 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The housing crisis is requiring creative scrambling and new partnerships from health care organizations to keep older patients out of expensive nursing homes as homelessness grows.

The Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.

By Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss and Renuka Rayasam October 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The federal government is making sweeping changes to SNAP, the program that helped feed about 42 million people in the U.S. last year. Here’s a breakdown of the changes to come and potential impacts.

Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves

By Judith Graham October 15, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In a health care system that assumes older adults have family caregivers to help them, those facing dementia by themselves often fall through the cracks.

Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress.

By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam October 28, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.

To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works

By Bram Sable-Smith Updated July 3, 2025 Originally Published July 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A proposed work requirement would make Medicaid expansion enrollees prove they’re working or meet other criteria. Most already work, but millions are expected to lose coverage if the provision passes, many from red tape. A Missouri mother who cares for her disabled son would probably be subject to the rule.

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