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Four people are in frame walking past a sign with white lettering on a red background reading "Emergency Entrance" and "Emergency Department Chest Pain Center" each with arrows pointing right. One person carries a handwritten sign that reads "Keep ICE Out of Hospitals."

California enfrenta barreras al querer frenar redadas del ICE en entornos de salud

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett October 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

El gobernador demócrata Gavin Newsom promulgó el mes pasado la ley SB 81, que prohíbe a los centros médicos permitir el acceso de agentes federales a áreas privadas sin una orden judicial o de registro válidas.

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Four people are in frame walking past a sign with white lettering on a red background reading "Emergency Entrance" and "Emergency Department Chest Pain Center" each with arrows pointing right. One person carries a handwritten sign that reads "Keep ICE Out of Hospitals."

California Faces Limits as It Directs Health Facilities To Push Back on Immigration Raids

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett October 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

California now has a law requiring hospitals and clinics to improve patient privacy and have clear protocols for handling requests by immigration agents. Legal experts say the state can’t fully protect immigrant patients, because federal authorities are allowed in public places, including hospital lobbies, general waiting areas, and parking lots.

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Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight

By Tony Leys February 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Sky-high bills from air-ambulance providers have sparked complaints and federal action in recent years. But a rural Tennessee resident fell through the cracks of billing protections — and a single helicopter ride could cost much of her estate’s value.

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Newsom’s Push To Block Law Could Save California Nursing Homes Over $1 Billion

By Annie Sciacca June 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to block a state law that requires nursing homes to have 96 hours of backup power in the case of emergencies, potentially giving the industry a break from spending over $1 billion on facility upgrades. Patient advocates say rolling back the nursing home industry requirements for preparedness could jeopardize the safety of residents.

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A Hispanic woman sits at a table, reading medical bills from a red file folder in front of her.

She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage

By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 30, 2026 KFF Health News Original

When medical bills started rolling in, a teacher’s aide in Florida wondered why her insurance suddenly wasn’t covering them. The answer? She owed a balance of 5 cents, so her insurer canceled her policy.

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With Property Seized and Federal Funding Uncertain, Montana Asbestos Clinic Fights for Its Life

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR June 20, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment allowing BNSF Railway to seize its assets. Now, the clinic’s federal funding is in jeopardy, too.

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Conflicting Advice on Covid Shots Likely To Ding Already Low Vaccine Rates, Experts Warn

By Phillip Reese November 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

About 1 in 4 American adults got a covid vaccine shot during the 2024-25 virus season, a fraction health care experts warn could be smaller this year as millions wrestle with conflicting advice from the government and trusted medical organizations about the value of a shot.

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A digital illustration of a mirroring array of smart phones facing each other. On the left side are therapists on a video call, on the right are their patients. Colorful speech bubbles swirl around the phones and connect the conversations between doctor and patient.

Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away

By Phillip Reese Illustration by Oona Zenda Updated May 22, 2025 Originally Published May 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

More Californians are getting mental health or substance use disorder treatment online or over the phone than in person, according to a KFF Health News analysis of UCLA’s latest California Health Interview Survey. But the telehealth experience isn’t always positive.

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Abortion Emerges as Most Important Election Issue for Young Women, Poll Finds

By Alex Wayne and Rebecca Adams October 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A KFF survey found significant shifts among women voters since late spring — all in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Have Plummeted Under Trump, Jeopardizing Care

By Rachana Pradhan August 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration.

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Concerns Over Fairness, Access Rise as States Compete for Slice of $50B Rural Health Fund

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arielle Zionts November 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Amid public forums and local cries for help, states are also talking with large health systems, technology companies, and others amid intensifying competition for shares of a $50 billion fund to improve rural health.

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Fast Action From Bystanders Can Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival. Many Don’t Know What To Do.

By Michelle Andrews April 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In 9 of 10 cases, a person in cardiac arrest will die because help doesn’t arrive quickly enough. With CPR and, possibly, a shock from an automated external defibrillator, survival odds double. But Americans lack confidence and know-how to handle these interventions.

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What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week

By Arthur Allen January 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Two Senate committees are expected to question Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how his disproven views of science and medicine qualify him to run the $1.7 trillion, 80,000-employee federal health system.

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Readers Speak Up About Women’s Health Issues, From Reproductive Care to Drinking

April 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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A photo of a map with the nine states that would undo Medicaid expansion if federal funding is cut.

9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding

By Phil Galewitz December 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. Coverage could be at risk in the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid.

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A woman stands beside a ballot box, smiling.

Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Updated November 12, 2025 Originally Published November 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

During a California gubernatorial debate, candidates promised to protect people’s access to health care and fight back against Trump administration cuts. With the contest a year away, polling shows voters want the next governor to minimize out-of-pocket health care costs, increase mental health care, and expand caregiving services.

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La Casa Blanca llama “desperdicio” a fondo para emergencias creado luego del 9/11. Estados republicanos y demócratas dicen que es esencial

By Don Thompson November 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

En los últimos 17 años, este fondo ha entregado casi $2.200 millones a estados, territorios, grandes ciudades y entidades para preparar los sistemas de salud ante futuras pandemias, ciberataques o tragedias con múltiples víctimas.

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Trump Drastically Inflates Annual Fentanyl Death Numbers

By Jacob Gardenswartz August 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The former president’s claim of 300,000 annual opioid deaths contradicts government statistics.

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Ouch. That ‘Free’ Annual Checkup Might Cost You. Here’s Why.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal January 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The designers of the Affordable Care Act might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions of Americans would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didn’t reckon with America’s ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.

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Republicans Are Downplaying Abortion, but It Keeps Coming Up

By Julie Rovner June 28, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Torn between a base that wants more restrictions on reproductive health care and a moderate majority that does not, it seems many Republicans would rather take an off-ramp than a victory lap when it comes to abortion. But they can’t escape talking about it.

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