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Health Care’s Employment Growth Clouded by Immigration Crackdown, Medicaid Cuts

By Phillip Reese September 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The health care sector has accounted for nearly half of this year’s U.S. job growth. But economists say immigration crackdowns and Medicaid cuts could create a drag on the sector just as more workers are needed to support a growing population of older Americans.

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.

When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage

By Renuka Rayasam February 2, 2026 KFF Health News Original

As health care costs skyrocket and federal lawmakers pull back help on insurance premiums, more middle-income families are facing tough choices on health care.

5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization

By Lauren Sausser and Phil Galewitz Updated September 3, 2025 Originally Published June 24, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Dozens of health insurance companies pledged on Monday to improve prior authorization, a process often used to deny care. The announcement comes months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, whose death in December sparked widespread criticism about insurance denials.

En Montana, investigan una nueva y poderosa vacuna contra la tuberculosis

By Jim Robbins April 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

La tuberculosis mata a 1.6 millones de personas anualmente, en especial en zonas pobres del planeta.

Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler’s 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000

By Tony Leys November 25, 2025 KFF Health News Original

After her son contracted a serious bacterial infection, an Ohio mother took the toddler to a nearby ER, and staffers there sent him to a children’s hospital in an ambulance. With no insurance, the family was hit with a $9,250 bill for the 40-minute ride.

University of California Researchers, Patients Wary of Trump Cuts Even as Some Dollars Flow Again

By Christine Mai-Duc October 9, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Biomedical researchers and patients are caught in the middle as the Trump administration continues its campaign to strip grants from universities accused of bias. Courts have restored some frozen funds to California universities, but academics studying brain tumors, lung cancer, and strokes worry their grant dollars remain a bargaining chip.

States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages

By Sam Whitehead April 9, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Some states already don’t have enough staff to quickly process Medicaid applications and answer enrollees’ phone calls. Researchers say they may not be prepared to handle new Medicaid work rules, predicting people will lose coverage as a result.

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.

Despite Their Successes, Some Mobile Crisis Response Teams Are in Crisis

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR March 4, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Mobile crisis units are trained to respond to emergency calls when people are experiencing delusions or hallucinations. But unlike police departments, which are generally funded by local taxpayers, mobile crisis teams don’t have a single, reliable funding source. As a result, some are closing down, despite successful operations and local support.

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.

Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby and Renuka Rayasam and Bernard J. Wolfson Updated July 3, 2025 Originally Published July 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Spending cuts hitting medical providers, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act enrollees, and lawfully present immigrants are just some of the biggest changes the GOP has in store for health care — with ramifications that could touch all Americans.

I’m Moving Forward and Facing the Uncertainty of Aging

By Judith Graham Updated January 21, 2025 Originally Published January 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Our “Navigating Aging” columnist sets off on a new phase in life with lessons she’s learned reporting on aging and health.

Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Schoolchildren Cool

By Samantha Young June 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed state standards to protect indoor workers from extreme heat would extend to schools. The rules come as climate change is bringing more frequent and intense heat waves, causing schools nationwide to cancel instruction.

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.

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment

By Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam March 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage program has seen anemic enrollment while chalking up millions in start-up costs — largely in technology and consulting fees. Critics say the money’s being wasted on a costly and ineffective alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

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.

Cancer Stole Her Voice. She Used AI, Curse Words, and Kids’ Books To Get It Back.

By April Dembosky, KQED November 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

After a total glossectomy and laryngectomy to treat her cancer, Sonya Sotinsky can no longer speak. She searched for a way to sound like herself again and now pays out-of-pocket for an artificial intelligence app that can replicate her old voice — emotion, inflection, and all.

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.

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