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Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall

By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam May 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage — the country’s only active Medicaid work requirement program — as other states and Congress consider similar programs.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: Federal Health Work in Flux

March 20, 2025 Podcast

It’s the Trump administration vs. the federal courts, as the Department of Government Efficiency continues to try to cancel federal contracts and programs and fire workers. But in the haste to cut things, jobs and programs are being eliminated even if they align with the new administration’s goal to “Make America Healthy Again.” Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.

By Julie Appleby March 19, 2026 KFF Health News Original

A KFF poll offers insights into people’s insurance coverage decisions and how those choices could play into their vote in November’s midterm elections.

Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans

By Arielle Zionts and Sarah Jane Tribble March 4, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration’s $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states’ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.

Harris-Walz Ticket Sharpens Contrast With Trump-Vance on Health Care

By Stephanie Armour August 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue.

New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B

By Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group and KFF Health News Staff November 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Social Security has been overpaying recipients for years, then demanding the money back, leaving people with bills for up to tens of thousands of dollars or more.

‘Until It Is Fixed’: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group December 15, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to meet monthly with Social Security officials until the problems surrounding overpayment demands are fixed.

‘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.

How to Find a Good, Well-Staffed Nursing Home

By Jordan Rau July 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Here are the telltale signs to look for in nursing homes to avoid, and resources that can point to better places.

GOP Charge That Harris Backed Taxpayer-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details

By Stephanie Armour August 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hoping to portray presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as extreme on immigration, former President Donald Trump and his supporters have said she wanted to give free health benefits, paid by taxpayers, to immigrants in the country without legal permission. But this statement overlooks key details.

California Borrows $3.4 Billion for Medicaid Overrun as Congress Eyes Steep Cuts

By Christine Mai-Duc Updated March 13, 2025 Originally Published March 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, borrowed $3.4 billion from the state — and will likely need even more — due to higher prescription costs and increased eligibility for seniors and immigrants. The top Republican in the state Senate is demanding a hearing “so the public knows exactly where their tax dollars are going.”

Social Security Clawbacks Hit a Million More People Than Agency Chief Told Congress

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group December 6, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 2 million people a year have been sent notices that Social Security overpaid them and demanding they repay the money. That’s twice as many as the head of Social Security disclosed at a congressional hearing in October.

$50B Rural Health ‘Slush Fund’ Faces Questions, Skepticism

By Sarah Jane Tribble July 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with promises it would help plug the hole left by Medicaid cuts. Rural hospital and clinic leaders worry the infusion won’t reach the right places.

Medicare Advantage ‘Dark Money’ Group Attempts To Win Higher Payments for Insurance Companies

By Fred Schulte and Maia Rosenfeld and David Hilzenrath March 13, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Medicare Advantage insurers say a proposal by the Trump administration to keep their payments nearly flat next year may lead to service cuts that harm seniors struggling to afford health care. A decision is due by early next month.

When the Doctor Needs a Checkup

By Paula Span February 4, 2026 KFF Health News Original

The physician workforce is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.

It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?

By Renuka Rayasam February 2, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Many Americans are expected to lose ACA or Medicaid coverage in coming months and years as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the expiration of enhanced pandemic-era subsidies that helped people afford Obamacare plans. Doctors and researchers say there are still ways to find affordable care.

GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan

By Bernard J. Wolfson January 15, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Martha Santana-Chin, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, last year took the helm of L.A. Care, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. She warns that looming federal cuts will push up to 650,000 people off L.A. Care’s Medicaid rolls by the end of 2028.

Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help

By Lauren Sausser September 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Many people don’t know they can fight a health insurance denial, let alone how to do it. Here are practical tips for consumers who want to appeal a prior authorization decision.

Solving the Home Care Quandary

By Paula Span January 8, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care.

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez Updated June 12, 2025 Originally Published June 12, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial erosion would trigger hospital closures and service cuts, especially in communities where large shares of patients are enrolled in Medicaid.

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