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A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.

By Molly Castle Work October 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The director of a California state mental health agency traveled to the U.K. courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company with a $271 million contract to build a therapy app for the state’s youth. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staffers to restore a proposed cut to Kooth’s funding.

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Under Fire, Social Security Chief Vows ‘Top-to-Bottom’ Review of Payment Clawbacks

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group October 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Acting Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi was pressed by a House Ways and Means subcommittee to explain why so many poor, disabled, or retired people are suddenly hit with demands that can reach tens of thousands of dollars or more.

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‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents

By Hannah Norman Graphics by Lydia ZurawIllustration by Oona Zenda December 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

At least 17 states have issued PFAS-related fish consumption advisories, KFF Health News found. But with no federal guidance, what is considered safe to eat varies significantly among states, most of which provide no regulation.

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Epidemic: Do You Know Dutta?

August 1, 2023 Podcast

Who gets credit for wiping smallpox from the planet? American men have been widely recognized while the contributions of South Asian public health workers have been less celebrated. Episode 2 of the “Eradicating Smallpox” podcast tells the story of Mahendra Dutta, an Indian public health leader, whose political savvy helped usher in a transformative approach to finding and containing smallpox cases.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From Aspen: Health and the 2024 Elections

June 21, 2024 Podcast

Health policy may not be the top issue in this year’s presidential and congressional elections, but it’s likely to play a key role. President Joe Biden and Democrats intend to hold Republicans responsible for the Supreme Court’s unpopular ruling overturning the right to abortion, and former President Donald Trump aims to take credit for government efforts to lower prescription drug prices — even in cases in which he played no role. Meanwhile, some critical health care issues, such as those involving Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, are unlikely to get discussed much, even though the party in power after the elections would control the future of those programs. This week, in an episode taped before a live audience at the Aspen Ideas: Health festival in Aspen, Colorado, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

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Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign To Gut Planned Parenthood

By Rachana Pradhan Illustration by Oona Zenda August 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Anti-abortion groups and their allies secured a generational victory in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned “Roe v. Wade.” A lawsuit in Texas demonstrates how those same forces threaten access to other health services, including birth control and screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted infections.

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States Reconsider Religious Exemptions for Vaccinations in Child Care

By Matt Volz November 3, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Providers and health care advocates warn a proposed rule change in Montana would jeopardize immunity levels in child care centers and communities. Efforts to change vaccination exemption rules are underway in other states, too.

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In California, Faceoff Between Major Insurer and Health System Shows Hazards of Consolidation

By Annie Sciacca February 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Even as Anthem Blue Cross and University of California Health announced a contract agreement this month, analysts say patients are increasingly at risk of being affected by such disputes.

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In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In the wake of a KFF Health News-Cox Media Group investigation, U.S. lawmakers are asking what Social Security will do about its demands on their constituents to repay money already distributed — and sometimes in error. Sen. Rick Scott called the agency’s actions “unacceptable.”

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Dismantling of HHS

April 10, 2025 Podcast

A week into the reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services announced by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the scope of the staff cuts and program cutbacks is starting to become clear. Among the biggest targets for reductions were the nation’s premier public health agencies: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the […]

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‘A System in Crisis’: Dysfunctional Federal Disability Programs Force the Poor to Pass Up Money

By Fred Clasen-Kelly May 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

With little or no income, disability applicants are seeking Social Security early retirement benefits even though it could cost them tens of thousands of dollars in future income, lawyers say.

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Seeking Medicare Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs, Pharma Giant Courts Black Influencers

By Rachana Pradhan August 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Novo Nordisk, the dominant company in the multibillion-dollar market for weight loss drugs, focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease that needs treatment.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health Enters the Presidential Race

January 25, 2024 Podcast

New Hampshire voters have spoken, and it seems increasingly clear that this November’s election will pit President Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump. Both appear to be making health a key part of their campaigns, with Trump vowing (again) to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Biden stressing his support for contraception and abortion rights. Meanwhile, both candidates will try to highlight efforts to rein in prescription drug prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sarah Somers of the National Health Law Program about the potential consequences for the health care system if the Supreme Court overturns a key precedent attempting to balance executive vs. judicial power.

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Republican Lawmakers Shy Away From Changing Montana’s Constitutional Right to Abortion

By Katheryn Houghton February 16, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers in 14 states have passed near-total bans on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But in some conservative-led states where court rulings determined their constitutions protect abortion, including Montana, politicians haven’t asked voters to weigh in.

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In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed

By Molly Castle Work January 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Los Angeles County is deploying a small team of occupational therapists to help newly housed individuals adjust to life indoors. Therapists are trained to recognize disabilities and help with basic living skills, such as hygiene and cleanliness, that can help prevent clients from getting evicted or slipping back onto the streets.

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Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks

By Julie Rovner January 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Abortion is a top issue for state lawmakers meeting for their first full sessions since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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After Idaho’s Strict Abortion Ban, OB-GYNs Stage a Quick Exodus

By Sarah Varney May 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

At least two Idaho hospitals are ending labor and delivery services, with one citing the state’s “legal and political climate” and noting that “recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult” as doctors leave.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': New Year, Same Abortion Debate

January 4, 2024 Podcast

Some Supreme Court justices were wrong if they assumed overturning “Roe v. Wade” would settle the abortion issue before the high court. At least two cases are awaiting consideration, and more are in the legal pipeline. Meanwhile, Congress once again has only days until the next temporary spending bill runs out, with no budget deal in sight. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, about how public health can regain public trust.

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Senate Passes Bill That Puts A Few More Months On The Shutdown Clock

November 16, 2023 Morning Briefing

The House and Senate have now both approved a stopgap funding measure that avoids a federal government shutdown around the holidays. Health care program extensions largely fall under the earlier of the two next deadlines imposed by the measure.

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Narcan, Now Available Without a Prescription, Can Still Be Hard to Get

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Nicole Leonard, WHYY October 11, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Narcan is available without a prescription. Addiction treatment experts hope this move will increase access to the medication, which can reverse opioid overdoses. But hurdles remain: cost and stigma.

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