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

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

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

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An Arm and a Leg: The Woman Who Beat an $8,000 Hospital Fee

By Dan Weissmann July 17, 2024 Podcast

In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann speaks with Georgann Boatright, a patient in Mississippi who was willing to drive to another state to avoid paying a steep fee to her local hospital.

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Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding

By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Devna Bose, The Associated Press and Phillip Reese June 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Since being diagnosed with HIV in 2022, Fernando Hermida has had to move three times to access treatment. A KFF Health News-Associated Press analysis found gay and bisexual Latino men account for a fast-growing proportion of new diagnoses and infections, showing they are falling behind in the fight against HIV.

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Optum Rx Invokes Open Meetings Law To Fight Kentucky Counties on Opioid Suits

By Aneri Pattani August 20, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In a Goliath-versus-David fight, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, has filed lawsuits in five counties to stop them from including the company in national opioid litigation.

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California Attorney General Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports

By Molly Castle Work March 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has thrown his weight behind state Sen. Monique Limón’s legislation to bar unpaid medical bills from showing up on consumer credit reports. If passed, California would join just a few other states with such protections.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: GOP Tries To Cut Billions in Health Benefits

May 15, 2025 Podcast

GOP-controlled House committees approved parts of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” this week, including more than $700 billion in cuts to health programs over the next decade — mostly from Medicaid, which covers people with low incomes or disabilities. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress for the first time since taking office and told lawmakers that Americans shouldn’t take medical advice from him. Julie Appleby of KFF Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants

By Phil Galewitz Updated November 3, 2025 Originally Published November 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Federal health authorities have taken the “unprecedented” step of instructing states to investigate certain individuals on Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve received more than 170,000 names collectively.

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Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

January 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.

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Health Secretary Becerra Touts Extreme Heat Protections. Farmworkers Want More.

By Vanessa G. Sánchez September 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has a plan to protect farmworkers from extreme heat and wildfire smoke, but farmworkers who pick California grapes say they need more, as climate change brings more extreme weather.

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‘A Fear Pandemic’: Immigration Raids Push Patients Into Telehealth

By Christine Mai-Duc August 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With intensified immigration enforcement in California, community clinics serving Latino and immigrant populations say they’ve noticed an increase in appointment cancellations and telehealth usage. But, as the covid-19 pandemic showed, accessing the necessary technology can be a challenge and virtual appointments can take a person’s health care only so far.

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A Call for Comfort Brought the Police Instead. Now the Solution Is in Danger.

By Samantha Liss Illustration by Oona Zenda April 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Emotionally overwhelmed, an Indiana woman dialed a mental health hotline. She didn’t find the help she was looking for and hung up. Ultimately, she was handcuffed and hospitalized overnight. Now, amid federal cuts, she and others fear the U.S. response to similar crises will revert to more responses like that.

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Cosmetic Surgeries Led to Disfiguring Injuries, Patients Allege

By Fred Schulte July 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits, including 12 wrongful death cases.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Newly Minted Doctors Are Avoiding Abortion Ban States

May 9, 2024 Podcast

For the second year in a row, medical school graduates across specialties are shying away from applying for residency training in states with abortion bans or significant restrictions, according to a new study. Meanwhile, Medicare’s trustees report that the program will be able to pay its bills longer than expected — which could discourage Congress from acting to address the program’s long-term financial woes. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health and Politico Magazine, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Congress Punts to a Looming Lame-Duck Session

September 26, 2024 Podcast

Congress left Washington for the campaign trail this week, but not before approving a spending bill that expires shortly before Christmas. Lawmakers will be busy after the election working on not just the legislation needed to keep the government running, but also several health programs set to expire. Meanwhile, Republicans continue to downplay abortion as Democrats press it as a campaign issue. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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HIV Testing and Outreach Falter as Trump Funding Cuts Sweep the South

By Amy Maxmen May 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in Mississippi, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the South.

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An Arm and a Leg: Why ‘The Pitt’ Is Our Fave New Drama

By Dan Weissmann May 5, 2025 Podcast

An emergency room doctor says what the TV show “The Pitt” gets right about hospitals, including why they’re so crowded and the bills so high.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks

November 21, 2024 Podcast

Not only has President-elect Donald Trump chosen prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump also has said he will nominate controversial TV host Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees coverage for nearly half of Americans. Meanwhile, the lame-duck Congress is back in Washington with just a few weeks to figure out how to wrap up work for the year. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Riley Ray Griffin of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sarah Varney, who has been covering a trial in Idaho challenging the lack of medical exceptions in that state’s abortion ban.

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Biden’s Got a New Set of Orders for Obamacare. Is It His Last?

By Julie Appleby December 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration has issued its latest official wish list for Obamacare insurance plans, potentially one of the last major Affordable Care Act health policy efforts in the president’s first term. Changes on tap for 2025? For one, the administration wants states that run their own ACA marketplaces to crack down on what’s called “network […]

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States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings

By Phil Galewitz December 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.

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An Arm and a Leg: Wait, Is Insulin Cheaper Now?

By Dan Weissmann February 28, 2024 Podcast

Did the price of insulin go down? It’s not quite that simple. On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” producer Emily Pisacreta explores recent changes to the cost of the diabetes medication.

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