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911 Faces Its Own Emergency

By Stephanie Armour July 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The national 911 emergency response system is in the midst of its own code red. The lack of federal funding to upgrade aging 911 systems has created significant disparities in state emergency response services, with older operations plagued by outages and longer response times. Last month, for instance, Massachusetts was hit with a statewide 911 […]

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What Would a DeSantis Presidency Look Like for Health Care?

By Romy Ellenbogen, Tampa Bay Times and Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times November 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Ron DeSantis’ record as Florida governor provides some clues to how he would change the health care landscape if elected president. In his five years as governor, DeSantis has promoted stricter abortion rules and emphasized individual freedom over the benefits of public health.

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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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Unauthorized Sign-Ups Cast Shadow on Obamacare’s Record Enrollment

By Julie Appleby April 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance brokers enrolling people who don’t need coverage or switching them to new plans without their authorization. It happened to Michael Debriae, a restaurant server who lives in Charlotte. Unbeknownst to him, an agent in Florida […]

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Treating the Shortage of Black Doctors

By Lauren Sausser August 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A few months ago, I visited Jackson, Miss., to attend African American Visit Day at the University of Mississippi’s School of Medicine. High school and college students from across the state spent time that Saturday morning with Black medical students and administrators, finding out what they needed to do to become a doctor. The annual […]

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The Public Health Consequences of Public Housing Failures

By Renuka Rayasam September 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Every year more than 10,000 taxpayer-supported public housing units are lost to disrepair. But federal lawmakers routinely ignore the full amount, around $115 billion, needed to keep the units in “decent, safe and sanitary” condition. One-time funds for public housing repairs were cut from the final version of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to appeal […]

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Anti-Fraud Efforts Meet Real-World Test During ACA Enrollment Period

By Julie Appleby November 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The federal government put guardrails in place to limit unauthorized plan sign-ups and switches. But the changes could prove to be a burden to consumers.

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Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline April 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is ahead of the curve on policies to prevent medical debt, but the gap between the debt load in places inhabited primarily by people of color versus non-Hispanic white residents is greater than the national average.

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Midwives Blame California Rules for Hampering Birth Centers Amid Maternity Care Crisis

By Ronnie Cohen January 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Birth centers, where midwives deliver babies with emergency backup from hospitals, can offer an alternative for families as hospitals close maternity units. But the state’s stiff regulations and what many call a dysfunctional licensing process are hobbling new initiatives and forcing some facilities to shut down.

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Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates

By Arthur Allen October 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Florida has announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children — whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus — are likely to make a resurgence and when.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Live From Aspen — Governors and an HHS Secretary Sound Off

June 26, 2025 Podcast

In this special episode taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, three former governors — one of whom also served as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — discuss how state and federal officials can work together to improve Americans’ health. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, former Kansas governor and HHS secretary under President Barack Obama; Republican Chris Sununu, former New Hampshire governor; and Democrat Roy Cooper, former North Carolina governor, join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner.

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California’s $25 Health Care Hourly Wage Relies on Federal Boost, State Worker Exemption

By Don Thompson June 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers relies on a significant boost in federal funding. It also leaves out thousands of state employees under an agreement that is expected to win approval from state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom in the coming days.

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In Montana, Conservative Groups See Chance To Kill Medicaid Expansion

By Katheryn Houghton October 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion ahead of a political fight over whether to keep the program.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Abortion Politics Front and Center

October 7, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The polarizing abortion issue threatens to tie up Congress, the Supreme Court and the states for the coming year. Meanwhile, Congress kicks the can down the road to December on settling its spending priorities. Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Aneri Pattani, who delivered the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about a covid test that cost as much as a luxury car.

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Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

By Michelle Andrews November 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Many proposals have been floated about how to address the nation’s primary care problem. They range from training slots to medical school debt forgiveness but often sidestep comprehensive payment reform.

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Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements

By Aneri Pattani January 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The four-page bill lists how states should spend settlement money, but it doesn’t specify consequences for flouting the rules or name who is in charge of monitoring compliance.

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Congress Likely to Kick the Can on Covid-Era Telehealth Policies

By Sarah Jane Tribble April 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With an end-of-year deadline and a presidential election approaching, payment rules that fueled rapid expansion of telehealth in the United States face a last-minute congressional decision.

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California Expanded Medi-Cal to Unauthorized Residents. The Results Are Mixed.

By Vanessa G. Sánchez November 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California this year completed its Medi-Cal expansion to include income-eligible residents regardless of their immigration status. This final installment of the “Faces of Medi-Cal” series profiles three of those newly eligible patients and how coverage has affected their health.

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Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills

By Michelle Andrews June 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers cannot charge consumers for various preventive services that have been recommended by experts. But if those screenings indicate more testing is needed to determine whether something is wrong, patients may be on the hook for hundreds or even thousands of dollars for diagnostic services.

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A Year After Super Bowl Parade Shooting, Trauma Freeze Gives Way to Turmoil for Survivors

By Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR February 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Survivors and witnesses of gun violence often freeze emotionally at first, as a coping mechanism. As the one-year mark since the parade shooting nears, the last installment in our series “The Injured” looks at how some survivors talk about resilience, while others are desperately trying to hang on.

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