You searched for bill of the month - Page 14 of 182 - KFF Health News

Montana Looks To Fast-Track Medicaid Access for Older Applicants

By Katheryn Houghton October 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As Montana’s population ages, providers serving low-income seniors say more people aren’t getting the care they need as they wait to get on Medicaid. Montana lawmakers are considering creating a shortcut to that care.

Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It

By Vanessa G. Sánchez, El Tímpano April 6, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Rosa María Carranza has worked and paid taxes for more than two decades, but a provision in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make her and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible for Medicare. Now Carranza’s once secure retirement is in question.

In New York, Providers Must Put Patient Costs on the Table

By Michelle Andrews March 20, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The governor’s fiscal year 2026 budget revises a law designed to limit unexpected bills that can put people at risk for unfair medical billing practices and reduce medical debt. Consumer groups say it doesn’t go far enough.

Tax Time Brings Surprises for Some Who Receive ACA Subsidies

By Julie Appleby and Andrew Jones April 3, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Some people find they owe money back for subsidies if their income changed from what they estimated. In 2026, more people may find themselves in this situation — and face higher repayment amounts — if they don’t carefully track their income.

‘A Fear Pandemic’: Immigration Raids Push Patients Into Telehealth

By Christine Mai-Duc August 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With intensified immigration enforcement in California, community clinics serving Latino and immigrant populations say they’ve noticed an increase in appointment cancellations and telehealth usage. But, as the covid-19 pandemic showed, accessing the necessary technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments can take a person’s health care only so far.

Medicaid Health Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of GOP Changes

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett December 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even as President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers say the One Big Beautiful Bill Act targets waste, fraud, and abuse, Medicaid health plans are hosting events across the U.S. to prevent low-income families from losing health insurance and food benefits next year.

Trump Health Care Proposal Billed as Consumer Protection but Adds Enrollment Hoops

By Julie Appleby March 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The proposal also would reverse a Biden administration policy that allowed “Dreamers” — immigrants in the country illegally who were brought here as children — from qualifying for subsidized ACA coverage.

Public Health Risks of Urban Wildfire Smoke Prompt Push for More Monitoring

By Katharine Gammon April 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As the fires burned in Los Angeles, scientists and local air regulators deployed monitors to measure the levels of heavy metals, carcinogens, and other toxic substances released into the air when homes, buildings, and cars burned. They hope their efforts will inform ongoing cleanup efforts and protect the public in future fires.

Work Requirements and Red Tape Ahead for Millions on Medicaid

By Jess Mador, WABE August 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Work requirements are coming for the millions of Americans on Medicaid, due to the Republican tax and spend bill that President Donald Trump signed into law July 4. Currently, Georgia is the only state with a work requirement. Eligible Georgians say it’s very hard to get the system to confirm they qualify, putting their benefits at risk.

The Ambulance Chased One Patient Into Collections

By Bram Sable-Smith July 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

After a car wreck, three siblings were transported to the same hospital by ambulances from three separate districts. The sibling with the most minor injuries got the biggest bill.

‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities

By Jordan Rau August 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Clashes between residents — verbal, physical, and sexual — can be spontaneous and too unpredictable to prevent. But the chance of an altercation increases when memory care homes admit and retain residents they can’t manage, according to a KFF Health News examination of inspection and court records and interviews with researchers.

His-and-Hers Cataract Surgeries, But His Bill Was 20 Times as Much

By Angela Hart Photos by Heidi de Marco June 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Whether a simple operation is performed under the auspices of a hospital or at an independent surgery center can make a huge difference in cost.

Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.

By Aneri Pattani January 9, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Located in the Lower 9th Ward, this abandoned building has become a community sanctuary and resource.

An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight

By Dan Weissmann January 7, 2025 Podcast

A medical resident who listens to “An Arm and a Leg” is pushing for change with the American Medical Association and at the hospital where he works.

Can House Republicans Cut $880 Billion Without Slashing Medicaid? It’s Likely Impossible.

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact March 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A Republican House resolution, which needs the Senate’s buy-in, directed a committee to propose ways to reduce the deficit by at least $880 billion over a decade. Lawmakers have taken Medicare off the table for cuts, which makes it impossible to reach $880 billion without cutting Medicaid.

It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In?

By Bram Sable-Smith and Andrew Jones December 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

States facing yawning budget shortfalls have begun cutting Medicaid reimbursements for a wide variety of services. In some states, dramatic cuts are targeting therapies that many families of autistic people say are essential to caring for their loved ones.

California May Regulate and Restrict Pharmaceutical Brokers

By Don Thompson September 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California lawmakers are moving to rein in the pharmaceutical middlemen they say drive up costs and limit consumers’ choices. The bill sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom would require pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed in California and would ban some business practices. Newsom vetoed a previous effort three years ago.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: GOP Tries To Cut Billions in Health Benefits

May 15, 2025 Podcast

GOP-controlled House committees approved parts of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” this week, including more than $700 billion in cuts to health programs over the next decade — mostly from Medicaid, which covers people with low incomes or disabilities. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress for the first time since taking office and told lawmakers that Americans shouldn’t take medical advice from him. Julie Appleby of KFF Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

$38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug

By Arthur Allen October 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It’s sold to physicians for $260 in the U.K. and administered at no charge. Why are U.S. hospitals — which may pay nearly as little for the drug — charging so much more to administer it?

Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals

By Noam N. Levey Updated October 24, 2024 Originally Published October 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Health care hasn’t figured prominently on the campaign trail this fall. These voters wish it would.

Filter Results

More From KFF Health News