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In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails To Catch On

By Phil Galewitz October 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In Mississippi, a state with one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, Medicaid covers weight loss drugs, but few enrollees have signed up for the benefit.

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Where Jobs Are Scarce, Over 1 Million People Could Dodge Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules

By Phil Galewitz September 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Under a new law, many Americans will have to meet a work requirement to obtain and keep their Medicaid coverage. But due to an exemption, millions living in areas of high unemployment could be spared.

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Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied Adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The GOP said its overhaul of Medicaid was aimed at reducing fraud and getting more adult beneficiaries to work. Among the likely side effects: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.

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Recortes de Trump a Medicaid apuntaban a “adultos sanos”, pero hospitales advierten que niños sufrirán las consecuencias

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Algunos hospitales infantiles podrían perder miles de millones de dólares en ingresos una vez que se aplique por completo la amplia ley fiscal y de gasto de Trump, conocida por los republicanos como la One Big Beautiful Bill.

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GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States

By Phil Galewitz July 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped turn Congress against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, Republican governors — whose constituents stand to lose federal funding and health coverage — have gone quiet on the health consequences.

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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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The GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.

By Phil Galewitz May 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or disabilities.

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Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost funding for hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers.

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$50B Rural Health ‘Slush Fund’ Faces Questions, Skepticism

By Sarah Jane Tribble July 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with promises it would help plug the hole left by Medicaid cuts. Rural hospital and clinic leaders worry the infusion won’t reach the right places.

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The House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline.

By Phil Galewitz April 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The GOP-controlled Congress is weighing cuts to Medicaid, the government health program that covers millions of Americans — including nearly 40% of Louisianans represented in the House by Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Scientist Whose Work Led FDA To Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk

By Phil Galewitz Updated March 18, 2025 Originally Published March 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Almost 40 years ago, Joseph Borzelleca published a study on red dye No. 3, a petroleum-based food coloring. The FDA cited his work to ban the additive in January. But Borzelleca says it’s safe.

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Medicaid Advocates Say Critics Use Loaded Terms To Gain Edge in Congressional Debate

By Phil Galewitz March 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As policymakers in Washington debate potentially steep funding cuts to Medicaid, Republicans are using terms such as “money laundering” and “discrimination” to make their case. Language experts and Medicaid advocates say their word choice is misleading and designed to sway the public against the popular program.

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GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk

By Phil Galewitz February 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Congressional Republicans are pushing plans that could make deep cuts to Medicaid to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities. At stake is coverage for millions of low-income Americans, as well as a huge revenue source for hospitals — and every state.

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Lavar, secar, inscribirse: cómo obtener Medicaid… en la lavandería

By Phil Galewitz February 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Trabajadores, muchos de los cuales son bilingües, visitan lavanderías para establecer relaciones, generar confianza y conectar a las personas con la asistencia del gobierno

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Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos

By Phil Galewitz Updated January 29, 2025 Originally Published January 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A sweeping Trump administration order threw the nation’s health system into disarray Tuesday, as states and the health industry tried to make sense of what looked like a freeze on federal Medicaid funding.

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A young teen girl stands as she scans her diabetic patch on her arm with her phone. She is dressed casually and has a backpack on as she focuses on managing her diabetes.

Schools Aren’t as Plugged In as They Should Be to Kids’ Diabetes Tech, Parents Say

By Phil Galewitz January 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels from home or work — even though they may not be able to quickly reach their child when something’s wrong.

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Las escuelas no están conectadas como debieran a la tecnología para afrontar la diabetes infantil

By Phil Galewitz January 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

En las escuelas, los maestros están atentos a las alarmas de los MCG de los teléfonos de los alumnos. Sin embargo, muchos dicen que no hay garantía de que un maestro pueda escucharlas.

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Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block

By Phil Galewitz January 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.

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Cinco cambios críticos que puede sufrir Medicaid bajo Trump

By Phil Galewitz January 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Los republicanos en Washington afirman que planean utilizar recortes de financiamiento y cambios regulatorios para reducir drásticamente Medicaid, el programa de salud federal gerenciado por los estados

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California Immigrants Weigh Health Coverage Against Deportation Risk

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Updated July 1, 2025 Originally Published July 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Immigrants without legal status who live in the state are facing a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze next year. But the spate of immigration raids has raised fears that signing up before the deadline will put them on the radar of federal officials.

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