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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Roe v. Wade on the Rocks

December 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A Supreme Court majority appears ready to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights, at least judging by the latest round of oral arguments before the justices. And a new covid variant, omicron, gains attention as it spreads around the world. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Blake Farmer of Nashville Public Radio about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode.

Farmers Now Owe a Lot More for Health Insurance

By Sarah Boden and Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom January 22, 2026 KFF Health News Original

More than a quarter of the agricultural workforce purchases health insurance through the individual marketplace, a much larger share than the overall percentage of U.S. adults. After a tough year for farmers, the loss of enhanced ACA subsidies is putting health insurance out of reach for many.

This Geriatrics Training Program Escaped the Ax. For Now.

By Paula Span October 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration has restored promised funds to a program that teaches people in health care how to work with aging Americans.

Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn’t Pay for Outside Care

By Arielle Zionts and Katheryn Houghton September 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Indian Health Service has a program that can pay for outside appointments when patients need care not offered at agency-funded sites. Critics say money shortages, complex rules, and administrative fumbles often block access, however.

Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties’ Resolve

By Stephanie Armour and Julie Rovner and Amanda Seitz and Arielle Zionts and Rachana Pradhan October 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse in negotiations. Which side will blink first?

Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts

By Noam N. Levey March 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.

So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

By Bram Sable-Smith Illustrations by Oona Zenda October 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when a contract dispute causes a hospital — and most of the doctors and other clinicians who work there — to be dropped from an insurance network. Here are six things to know if that happens to you.

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.

Many Fear Federal Loan Caps Will Deter Aspiring Doctors and Worsen MD Shortage

By Bernard J. Wolfson October 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Health care professionals fear that new caps on federal student lending, set to start in July, will put medical school out of reach for many who want to become doctors and exacerbate physician shortages. Others say unlimited federal lending has fed a rise in academic costs, saddling families and, ultimately, taxpayers with debt.

Drawn-Out Overhaul of Troubled Montana Hospital Leaves Lawmakers in Limbo

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press January 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Unsure how to help the troubled psychiatric facility, legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental health system.

Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant

By Molly Castle Work August 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California is among a growing number of states that offer dental benefits to low-income residents, but some lawmakers want the state to go further by covering more cleanings and costlier implants. Dentists and health experts worry the approach doesn’t address the root of the problem: Many providers don’t accept Medicaid.

End of Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Puts Tribal Health Lifeline at Risk

By Katheryn Houghton and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez Updated February 13, 2026 Originally Published February 11, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Tribal insurance programs give Native Americans access to affordable health care when the Indian Health Service falls short. Those plans are threatened by the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arielle Zionts and Maia Rosenfeld January 14, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judged the “quality” of their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing “Make America Healthy Again” initiatives.

Nuclear Missile Workers Are Contracting Cancer. They Blame the Bases.

By Patricia Kime October 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

People who maintained the nation’s land-based nuclear missile arsenal are coming down with similar cancers. The Air Force is wrapping up a large study of the health risks they may have faced.

A Baby Spent 36 Days in an In-Network NICU. Why Did the Hospital Next Door Send a Bill?

By Harris Meyer January 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A baby spent more than a month in a Chicago NICU. A big bill revealed she was treated by out-of-network doctors from the children’s hospital next door. Her parents were charged despite a state law protecting patients from such out-of-network billing — and sent to collections when they didn’t pay up.

Medicaid Tries New Approach With Sickle Cell: Companies Get Paid Only if Costly Gene Therapies Work

By Phil Galewitz January 21, 2026 KFF Health News Original

The government is using sickle cell treatments to test a new strategy: paying only if the therapies benefit patients. With more expensive treatments on the horizon, the program — created by the Biden administration and continued under President Trump — could help Medicaid save money and treat more patients.

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

By Rachana Pradhan and Aneri Pattani Illustration by Oona Zenda March 26, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Since the Trump administration began firing federal workers, they say they feel overwhelmed, have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care and medication, and are anxious about paying their bills. And soon, their health insurance will run out.

A Tale of Two States: Arizona and Florida Diverge on How To Expand Kids’ Health Insurance

By Daniel Chang June 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Both Florida and Arizona want to expand eligibility for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, but their approaches to charging low-income families premiums for the coverage showcase the nation’s ideological divide on helping the disadvantaged.

More Mobile Clinics Are Bringing Long-Acting Birth Control to Rural Areas

By Arielle Zionts October 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Small-town doctors may not offer IUDs and hormonal implants because the devices require training to administer and are expensive to stock.

Senior CDC Officials Resign After Monarez’s Ouster, Citing Concerns Over Scientific Independence

By Céline Gounder August 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Four senior officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced their resignations in recent days, citing what they described as growing political interference in the agency’s scientific work, particularly regarding vaccines.

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