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Bird Flu Lands as the Next Public Health Challenge

Episode 347

May 16, 2024

Public health authorities are closely watching an unusual strain of bird flu that has infected dairy cows in nine states and at least one dairy worker. Meanwhile, another major health system suffered a cyberattack, and Congress is moving to extend the availability of telehealth services. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Atul Grover of the Association of American Medical Colleges about its recent analysis showing that graduating medical students are avoiding training in states with abortion bans and major restrictions.

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Inside Project 2025: Former Trump Official Outlines Hard Right Turn Against Abortion

Former President Donald Trump has distanced himself from a Heritage Foundation document that outlines positions on abortion and a range of other social issues. But Democrats view it as a window into the far right’s to-do list and a clear opening for political attack.

By Stephanie Armour

Aug. 6, 2024

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Going It Alone

Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age

Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.

By Judith Graham

Sept. 17, 2024

A senior man is sitting at a dining room table paying bills. He has a calculator in front of him.

Navigating Aging

Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries

Rising health care costs are fueling anxiety among older Americans covered by Medicare. They’re right to be concerned.

By Judith Graham

July 3, 2024

An Arm and a Leg

A Few Good Things From 2025 (Really)

Season 14, Episode 4

Nov. 12, 2025

Good news for health care access this year includes new state laws to rein in prior authorization and medical debt collectors.

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Julian Prado, a tall 29-year-old man with a nose piercing and black mustache, hugs Carla Brown while holding a taco in his other hand. Brown is a 60-year-old woman.

POSTCARD FROM L.A. COUNTY

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

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.

By Molly Castle Work

Jan. 24, 2024

Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

Firearm violence is killing Americans at the scale of a public health epidemic. The suffering is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by segregation, disinvestment, hate crimes, and other forms of racial discrimination.

By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam

Aug. 19, 2025

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Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway.

Big health insurers that have contracts with state Medicaid programs find themselves making more money even as enrollment in Medicaid programs has dropped. Here’s why.

By Phil Galewitz

April 26, 2024

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KFF Health News / CMG TV Stations Investigation

Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress

Lawmakers are faulting the Social Security Administration for issuing billions of dollars of payments that beneficiaries weren’t entitled to receive — and then demanding the money back — in the wake of an investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group.

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group

Sept. 29, 2023

KFF Health News-CMG TV Stations Investigation

In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks

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.”

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group

Nov. 30, 2023

What the Health? From KFF Health News

Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes

Episode 407

July 24, 2025

Medicaid may have monopolized Washington’s attention lately, but big changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act as well. Meanwhile, Americans are learning more about what’s in Trump’s big budget law, and polls suggest many don’t like what they see. Julie Appleby of KFF Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews historian Jonathan Oberlander to mark Medicare’s 60th anniversary.

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Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.

By Phil Galewitz

Aug. 2, 2024

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

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.

By Daniel Chang

June 20, 2024

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Montana’s Plan To Curb Opioid Overdoses Includes Vending Machines

Details about where the machines would go — and how they would help those most at risk — are sparse. The state has proposed using them to distribute naloxone and fentanyl testing strips.

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press

July 18, 2024

A senior woman has her heartbeat checked by a medical professional with a stethoscope.

Navigating Aging

Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.

The White House has launched an initiative on women’s health. Studying the health of older women, a largely neglected group in medical research, should be a priority.

By Judith Graham

June 18, 2024

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Perspective

Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10

A popular scale for measuring pain doesn’t work, but medicine still has no better alternative.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

July 2, 2024

KFF Health News / CMG TV Stations Investigation

Social Security Chief Orders Broad Review of Benefit Overpayments

In the wake of an investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group, the SSA acting commissioner said a special team will review “overpayment policies and procedures” and report directly back to her.

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group

Oct. 4, 2023

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Investigation

At Least 170 US Hospitals Face Major Flood Risk. Experts Say Trump Is Making It Worse.

As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts leave the nation less prepared.

By Holly K. Hacker, Brett Kelman, and Daniel Chang

Oct. 1, 2025

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KFF Health News / CMG TV Stations Investigation

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

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.

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group

Oct. 18, 2023

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Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

Colorado defended its high disenrollment rates following the covid crisis by saying that what goes up must come down. Advocates and researchers disagree.

By Rae Ellen Bichell

July 11, 2024

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