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Journalists Tally State and Local Health Care Implications of GOP Megabill

July 12, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Journalists Assess Health Impacts of Trump’s Megabill, Who Will Feel Them, and When

July 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and regional media this week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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In Covered California, 112,600 immigrants, or nearly 6% of total enrollees, stand to lose their federal tax subsidies when President Donald Trump's tax and spending law takes effect in 2027, according to data provided by the exchange.

Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?

By Bernard J. Wolfson July 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The GOP’s tax and spending law and a new rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make it harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act health plans, will raise consumers’ out-of-pocket costs, and could prompt younger, healthier people, including lawfully present immigrants who will lose financial aid, to drop coverage.

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Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope.

By Bernard J. Wolfson January 9, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The growing toll of climate-related disasters is a risk to the emotional well-being of young people. An Orange County, California, pediatric emergency doctor wants to add questions about climate change to standard mental health screenings conducted in pediatricians’ offices and other settings where kids seek care.

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Recovery From Addiction Is a Journey. There’s No One-and-Done Solution.

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 6, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Drug use has become a major public health crisis, but effective treatment remains hard to find. It does exist though. Columnist Bernard J. Wolfson offers advice on finding help and says not to expect a quick solution.

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Covered California Pushes for Better Health Care as Federal Spending Cuts Loom

By Bernard J. Wolfson May 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Monica Soni, Covered California’s chief medical officer, oversees an effort to hold health plans financially accountable for the quality of care they provide, including childhood vaccination rates, which have fallen in California and nationwide. She worries federal spending cuts could soon bring turbulence to the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace.

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How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California

By Bernard J. Wolfson December 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House with a Republican-controlled Congress, health officials and community advocates in California worry that large-scale Medicaid cuts could be enacted as soon as next year. More than 60% of California’s $161 billion Medi-Cal budget comes from Washington.

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California Medicaid Ballot Measure Is Popular, Well Funded — And Perilous, Opponents Warn

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposition 35, which would use revenue from a tax on managed-care plans to raise the pay of health care providers who serve Medi-Cal patients, has united a broad swath of California’s health care, business, and political establishments. But a newly formed, smaller group of opponents says it will do more harm than good.

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Federal Proposals Threaten Provider Taxes, Key Source of Medicaid Funding for States

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republican proposals to tighten the use of special taxes to fund Medicaid programs could deprive states of billions of dollars for safety net health care. In California, any such limit would come on top of Medicaid cuts proposed by California Democrats in response to a $12 billion state deficit.

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In San Francisco’s Chinatown, a CEO Works With the Community To Bolster Hospital

By Bernard J. Wolfson April 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Jian Zhang, an immigrant from China with a doctorate in nursing, leads the 88-bed Chinese Hospital in San Francisco. The facility faces financial constraints like other independent hospitals, but its strong community support and partnerships have helped it weather tough times.

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To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

At a town hall in Orange County, California, angry residents said Congress should keep its hands off Medicaid. The cuts contemplated in a House budget blueprint would bore a giant hole in California’s version of the safety net health insurance program, Medi-Cal, which covers nearly 15 million residents.

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Para pacientes, padres y cuidadores, los recortes a Medicaid son una afrenta personal

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

La primera semana de marzo, la Cámara de Representantes aprobó un plan presupuestario republicano que podría reducir el gasto de Medicaid en $880.000 millones a lo largo de 10 años.

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Kaiser Permanente Back in the Hot Seat Over Mental Health Care, but It’s Not Only a KP Issue

By Bernard J. Wolfson February 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Mental health workers on strike in Southern California say Kaiser Permanente is woefully understaffed, its therapists are burned out, and patients are often denied timely access to care. The insurer says it has largely fixed the problem. But across California and the nation, mental health parity is still not a reality.

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First Responders, Veterans Hail Benefits of Psychedelic Drugs as California Debates Legalization

By Bernard J. Wolfson May 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California lawmakers have modified a psychedelic drug bill that was vetoed last year, narrowing it to allow only supervised use of psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy, and other hallucinogens rather than decriminalize more broadly. The current bill would establish new state agencies to regulate the program.

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Longtime Head of L.A. Care To Retire After Navigating Major Medi-Cal Changes

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

John Baackes, who steered Medi-Cal’s largest health plan following the Affordable Care Act expansion, and later prepared it for a state overhaul of Medi-Cal, will retire after this year. Baackes believes low payments to doctors and other providers, along with an acute labor shortage, hamper Medi-Cal’s success.

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California Bill Would Require State Review of Private Equity Deals in Health Care

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed legislation would require the state attorney general’s consent for a wide range of private equity acquisitions in health care. The hospital lobby negotiated an exemption for for-profit hospitals.

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California Leaders Tussle With Health Industry Over Billions of New Dollars for Medi-Cal

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pull funds earmarked for new investment in Medi-Cal to help plug California’s $45 billion deficit. A state budget passed June 13 by the legislature largely endorsed Newsom’s plan. Voters could settle the matter in an industry-backed initiative that has qualified for the November ballot.

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California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California is now among the states trying to keep health-care costs down by setting spending caps — a task that pits public officials against a deeply entrenched and heavily lawyered set of players. It’s uncertain whether the state can get insurers, hospitals and medical groups to collaborate on containing costs even as they jockey for […]

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California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California is the ninth state to set annual health spending targets for the industry. Already hospitals and doctors are voicing resistance to the fledgling Office of Health Care Affordability, even as they avoid overtly opposing its goals.

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New Eligibility Rules Are a Financial Salve for Nearly 2 Million on Medi-Cal

By Bernard J. Wolfson February 15, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 2 million Medi-Cal enrollees, mainly people who are aged, disabled, or in long-term care, can now accumulate savings and property without limitations and still qualify for the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents. They join an additional roughly 12 million enrollees who already had no asset limits.

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