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A photo of Senator J.D. Vance smiling in the middle of a crowd.

JD Vance, Trump’s VP Pick, Says Media Twisted His Remarks on Abortion and Domestic Violence

By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact July 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In his first interview after being named as the vice presidential pick by former President Donald Trump, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) spoke about his previous statements on topics like abortion.

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At His HHS Job Interview, RFK Jr. Stumbles Over Health Policy Basics 

By Phil Galewitz and Arthur Allen January 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist President Donald Trump nominated to lead the nation’s top health agency, did little to win over his critics at two Senate confirmation hearings this week.  Democrats argued he’s not qualified for the job. And by botching answers to basic questions about health policy, Kennedy supplied some evidence.  It’s […]

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Trump Leads, and His Party Follows, on Vaccine Skepticism

By Darius Tahir October 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Former President Donald Trump has presided over a landslide shift in Republican views on vaccines, reflected in false claims by candidates in election primaries, puzzling conspiracies from prominent conservatives, and a surge in anti-vaccine policies in statehouses.

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In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry

By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour July 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The health industry couldn’t persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.

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Contratista de centro de detención de inmigrantes demanda a California por inspecciones de salud

By Vanessa G. Sánchez November 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

GEO Group podría expandir su control sobre las instalaciones de detención de inmigrantes ahora que el ex presidente Donald Trump ganó un segundo mandato.

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Trump’s Early Health Moves Signal Intent To Erase Biden’s Legacy. What’s Next Is Unclear.

By Julie Appleby and Stephanie Armour Updated January 23, 2025 Originally Published January 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care soon after reentering office. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Joe Biden’s moves, the orders will have little immediate impact.

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Her Case Changed Trans Care in Prison. Now Trump Aims To Reverse Course.

By Bram Sable-Smith March 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump ordered a halt to gender-affirming medical care for transgender prisoners in federal custody, and to housing trans women in female prisons. The new policies raise alarms for a formerly incarcerated trans woman. She said the order denies lifesaving medical care and creates a road map for rape.

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Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby Updated June 4, 2025 Originally Published June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The domestic policy legislation the House advanced in May includes the most substantial rollback of the Affordable Care Act since President Donald Trump and his Republican allies tried to pass legislation in 2017 that would have largely repealed President Barack Obama’s signature domestic accomplishment.

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Treatment Tops Housing in Trump Homeless Policy

By Angela Hart March 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

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Trump’s Health Fraud Focus at Odds With Past Pardons

By Brett Kelman April 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

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A Chicago Hospital Bows to Federal Pressure on Trans Care for Teens

By Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ Chicago April 24, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In the wake of an executive order by President Donald Trump opposing gender-affirming surgeries for minors, hospitals are pausing procedures — even those already scheduled. Families fear the eventual loss of all gender-affirming care for their transgender kids.

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This Physician-Scientist Is Taking on Trump on Behalf of Disadvantaged Communities

By Don Thompson August 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

California researcher Neeta Thakur is leading a challenge to President Donald Trump’s new administration — one that pits public health science against political ideology. Whether she prevails could influence both the future of academic research and the health of those she’s spent her life trying to help.

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‘MAGA’ Backers Like Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — Until They Learn of Health Consequences

By Phil Galewitz June 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.

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Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants

November 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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3 Things To Watch on Mental Health in Trump’s Early Budget Proposals

By Aneri Pattani May 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump’s budget office says he’ll continue to fund the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, but documents sent to Congress offer clues — amid some mixed messages — about the administration’s approach to two pressing public health issues: mental health and addiction.

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Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices

By Jacob Gardenswartz July 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.

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Journalists Dig Into Megabill’s Slashing of Medicaid. Plus, How To Avoid Tick Bites.

July 19, 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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Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

By Arthur Allen June 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Worried that President Donald Trump’s FDA might not act, a panel of cancer experts recommended that doctors consider testing before dosing patients with a commonly used but sometimes deadly cancer drug. It came too late for many patients.

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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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‘MAHA’ Faithful Impatient With RFK Jr. as He Leads Trump’s HHS

By Stephanie Armour April 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

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