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State-Run Insurance Plans for Foster Kids Leave Some of Them Without Doctors

By Andrew Jones April 2, 2026 KFF Health News Original

North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kids’ guardians scrambling to find health care providers.

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.

Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help.

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR December 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to utility companies asking for assistance for their medically vulnerable patients who need power and heat to stay healthy. So a hospital decided to share the power its solar panels generate with patients who needed help with their electricity and gas bills.

An Arm and a Leg: A Listener’s DIY Project Helps Others Deal With High Medical Bills

By Dan Weissmann October 28, 2025 Podcast

A medical student’s DIY project brings “An Arm and a Leg” listeners together with new tools to fight medical debt.

With Enhanced Subsidies Set To Expire, Consumers Could Face Higher Obamacare Costs

By Daniel Chang June 20, 2025 KFF Health News Original

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UnitedHealth Wins Ruling Over $2B in Alleged Medicare Advantage Overpayments

By Fred Schulte March 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A special master found the Justice Department failed to prove wrongdoing by the giant health insurer.

‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

By Lauren Sausser June 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Health insurers issue millions of prior authorization denials every year, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals process, with little hope of meaningful policy change ahead. For doctors, these denials are frustrating and time-consuming. For patients, they can be devastating.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts

By Bernard J. Wolfson December 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The federal budget bill President Donald Trump signed into law in July is creating uncertainty for states trying to rein in health care spending. In California, a lawsuit by the hospital industry challenging state spending caps cites the law, which will slash Medicaid spending, as one of many financial pressures.

Montana May Start Collecting Immunization Data Again Amid US Measles Outbreak

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press April 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Montana is the only state that doesn’t collect immunization reports from schools, creating a data gap for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and community health officials. With more than 480 measles cases reported in the U.S., state lawmakers are considering a bill to restart the data collection.

Many People With Disabilities Risk Losing Their Medicaid if They Work Too Much

By Tony Leys March 25, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As politicians demand that more Medicaid recipients work, many people with disabilities say their state programs’ income and asset caps force them to limit their work hours or turn down promotions.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Schedule Changes Blocked — For Now

March 19, 2026 Podcast

A federal judge in Massachusetts this week sided with public health groups to block changes to the federally recommended schedule of childhood vaccines, dealing at least a temporary setback to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to remake the schedule. Meanwhile, Congress has put its debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act on the back burner, but the issue of rising health care costs is still front and center for the voting public. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman to kick off a new series looking at health care solutions, called “How Would You Fix It?”

Watch: Cyclist Hits Olympic-Size Medical Bills After Crash

July 31, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal appears on “CBS This Morning” to discuss the latest installment of the KHN-NPR Bill of the Month investigative series.

Democratic Hopefuls Fault GOP Incumbents for Anti-Abortion Records in Congress

By Molly Castle Work September 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Democratic congressional hopefuls in California are highlighting the anti-abortion records of vulnerable Republican incumbents, many of whom have moderated their stances ahead of the election. With control of the U.S. House at stake, Democrats hope to convince voters that their candidates will do more to protect women’s health.

Older Americans Quit Weight Loss Drugs in Droves

By Paula Span January 6, 2026 KFF Health News Original

In some studies, half of patients stopped taking GLP-1s within a year despite the benefits, citing the expense and side effects.

A Guide To Finding Insurance at 26‌

By Elisabeth Rosenthal August 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

It’s a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. Here are some tips for getting started.

Even With Dental Insurance, You Still Could Face a Large Bill

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Katherine Ruppelt, Nashville Public Radio March 23, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Costs keep many Americans, even those with insurance, from getting dental care. Understanding how dental insurance works and leaning into preventive care can help keep dental problems — and bills — manageable.

Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care

By Stephanie Armour November 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As voters feel financial pressure from runaway health care costs and crave innovations that would provide relief, the standoff in Congress has been firmly rooted in the status quo — keeping an existing provision of the Affordable Care Act alive.

Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Conundrum

By Sue O'Connell February 24, 2025 KFF Health News Original

State lawmakers appear ready to preserve the state’s Medicaid expansion program without knowing what federal changes might be in store.

Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported

By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.” But a recent analysis found only about 300,000 cited a lack of interest in working as the reason they were unemployed.

End of Internet Subsidy Leaves Millions Facing Telehealth Disconnect

By Sarah Jane Tribble June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

When the clock struck midnight on May 31, more than 23 million low-income households were dropped from a federal internet subsidy program that for years had helped them get connected. The Affordable Connectivity Program was created in 2021, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, to help people plug into jobs, schools and health care by reducing their internet […]

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