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Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace

By Julie Appleby August 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.

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Aclarando la confusión sobre las vacunas contra covid-19

By Michelle Andrews August 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Las agencias dentro del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Sociales responsables de especificar quién debe vacunarse no están necesariamente sincronizadas, emitiendo recomendaciones en apariencia contradictorias.

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Oregon Senator Proposes Criminal Charges and Fines for Rogue Obamacare Agents

By Julie Appleby July 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden introduced legislation intended to curb a growing problem in which consumers, without their consent, are enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans or their coverage is switched.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Readying for Republican Rule

November 14, 2024 Podcast

With Republicans now set to control the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives starting in January, their health agenda remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that just about anything could be on the table, from Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, to drug prices and public health. Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups are preparing to fight the implementation of abortion rights ballot measures just passed by voters in seven states. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits

By Fred Schulte November 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medicare officials defend the use of home visits that often spot medical conditions that are never treated.

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Covered California Pushes for Better Health Care as Federal Spending Cuts Loom

By Bernard J. Wolfson May 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Monica Soni, Covered California’s chief medical officer, oversees an effort to hold health plans financially accountable for the quality of care they provide, including childhood vaccination rates, which have fallen in California and nationwide. She worries federal spending cuts could soon bring turbulence to the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace.

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GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk

By Phil Galewitz February 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Congressional Republicans are pushing plans that could make deep cuts to Medicaid to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and other priorities. At stake is coverage for millions of low-income Americans, as well as a huge revenue source for hospitals — and every state.

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A Battle Between Drugmakers and Insurers Hits Patients in the Wallet

By Julie Appleby March 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

There’s a long-running battle between insurers and drugmakers over financial assistance programs that purport to help patients afford expensive drugs. And lately, insurers have been losing ground as lawmakers, regulators and courts weigh in. The issue is whether coupons and other copay aid many patients get from drugmakers should count toward annual insurance deductibles and […]

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Readers Scrutinize Federal Cuts and Medical Debt

May 12, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern

By Julie Appleby April 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal and state regulators are mulling what they can do to thwart this growing problem.

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In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails To Catch On

By Phil Galewitz October 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In Mississippi, a state with one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, Medicaid covers weight loss drugs, but few enrollees have signed up for the benefit.

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As States Mull Medicaid Work Requirements, Two With Experience Scale Back

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead February 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As Republicans consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas — two states with experience running such programs — want to scale back the key parts supporters have argued encourage employment and personal responsibility.

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Aseguradoras rechazan leyes estatales que protegen contra facturas sorpresa por uso de ambulancias

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Katheryn Houghton July 9, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Cuando una compañía de ambulancias cobra más de lo que una aseguradora está dispuesta a pagar, los pacientes pueden terminar con una factura enorme de la que no tienen escapatoria.

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Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

By Arthur Allen June 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Worried that President Donald Trump’s FDA might not act, a panel of cancer experts recommended that doctors consider testing before dosing patients with a commonly used but sometimes deadly cancer drug. It came too late for many patients.

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Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices

By Renuka Rayasam May 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Correctional officers often dictate end-of-life care for incarcerated people who are terminally ill. Most states either don’t have a formal policy or are given leeway — a big concern for families and advocates, as the incarcerated population rapidly ages.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now

July 17, 2025 Podcast

The Senate narrowly approved the Trump administration’s request to claw back about $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting but refused to cut funding for the international AIDS/HIV program PEPFAR. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled that West Virginia can ban the abortion pill mifepristone, which could allow states to block other FDA-approved drugs. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK

By Julie Appleby April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Insurance agents say it’s too easy to access consumer information on the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace. Policyholders can lose their doctors and access to prescriptions. Some end up owing back taxes.

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Concerns Over Fairness, Access Rise as States Compete for Slice of $50B Rural Health Fund

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arielle Zionts November 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Amid public forums and local cries for help, states are also talking with large health systems, technology companies, and others amid intensifying competition for shares of a $50 billion fund to improve rural health.

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Readers Weigh Downsides of Medicare Advantage and Stick Up for Mary Lou Retton

January 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn

By Stephanie Armour September 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez is more than an administrative shake-up. It marks a major offensive by Kennedy to seize control of the agency and impose an anti-science agenda, public health leaders say.

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