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Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trump’s Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance

By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour June 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.

By Katheryn Houghton Illustration by Oona Zenda July 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. This is the story of a Montana man who explains why he said he is breaking the rules to keep his health insurance and his job.

Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers

By Mike Dennison March 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A bill designed to force PBMs to pay higher fees to independent drugstores sailed through the state House, but lobbyists are marshaling their forces to kill the measure in the Senate.

In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry

By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour July 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The health industry couldn’t persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.

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 […]

Bye-Bye to Health Insurance ‘Birthday Rule’? Kansas Lawmaker Floats Fix

By Cara Anthony July 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) introduced a bill to do away with a health insurance rule that dictates which parent’s plan becomes a new baby’s primary insurer. This could save some parents from unexpected, sometimes massive medical bills. Davids took up the issue after a KHN/NPR Bill of the Month story on one family’s unexpected $207,455 NICU bill.

Progressives Seek Health Privacy Protections in California, But Newsom Could Balk

By Vanessa G. Sánchez March 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Democratic state lawmakers in California have proposed bills to protect women, transgender people, and immigrants in response to concerns that their health data could be used against them. If the measures reach his desk, Gov. Gavin Newsom could lay such legislation aside to focus on securing federal funds.

Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.

By Noam N. Levey May 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.

‘MAGA’ Backers Like Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — Until They Learn of Health Consequences

By Phil Galewitz June 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.

The Ranks of Obamacare ‘Fixers’ Axed in Trump’s Reduction of Health Agency Workforce

By Julie Appleby April 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

These fixers, officially known as caseworkers, unraveled complex and arcane health insurance rules to solve people’s coverage issues. They worked in a little-known federal department with which most consumers never interact — until they need help.

Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

By Michelle Andrews June 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn’t need to sign up for Medicare when they turned 65 because they had group health coverage. That delay sometimes forces people to cover medical expenses themselves.

Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States

By Lauren Sausser and Katheryn Houghton July 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal July 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The No Surprises Act, which was signed in 2020 and took effect in 2022, was heralded as a landmark piece of legislation that would protect people who had health insurance from receiving surprise medical bills. And yet bills that take patients by surprise keep coming.

Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez May 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Food banks nationwide are being pinched by record demand, high food prices, and hundreds of millions of dollars in federal budget cuts. As the economy plods onto shaky ground, food bank leaders hope Congress patches the holes by passing a new farm bill.

Meet the Florida Group Chipping Away at Public Benefits One State at a Time

By Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss May 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s been working for more than a decade to reshape the nation’s public assistance programs.

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.

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.

Fighting Staff Shortages With Scholarships, California Bill Aims To Boost Mental Health Courts

By Molly Castle Work September 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A new bill would create a scholarship program for students who agree to work with specialized courts in California to get patients into treatment, but some people argue the state shouldn’t restrict scholarship aid to a new, untested program given broader behavioral health workforce shortages.

Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones With Disabilities

By Tony Leys February 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

States are required to claw back health care costs from the estates of many Medicaid recipients. Some, including Iowa, are particularly aggressive in their pursuit.

In a Broken Mental Health System, a Tiny Jail Cell Becomes an Institution of Last Resort

By Katheryn Houghton April 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Like local jails nationwide, Montana’s small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental health crisis stall in backlogs, waiting for beds at the state-run mental hospital.

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