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Wash, Dry, Enroll: Finding Medicaid Help at the Laundromat

By Phil Galewitz February 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them at the laundromat.

Delays in State Contracts Leave Montana Health Providers Strapped

By Katheryn Houghton Updated January 16, 2024 Originally Published January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is months behind in paying organizations contracted to connect people to care. The interruption is likely to have lasting effects, even after the state catches up.

New Medicare Advantage Plans Tailor Offerings to Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+

By Stephanie Stephens September 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As more seniors opt for Medicare Advantage, a few small insurers have begun offering plans that provide culturally targeted benefits for cohorts including Asian Americans, Latinos, and LGBTQ+ people. The approach, policy researchers say, has potential and perils.

‘Sick to My Stomach’: Trump Distorts Facts on Autism, Tylenol, and Vaccines, Scientists Say

By Amy Maxmen September 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The White House’s autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines, and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.

Trump Decried Crime in America, Then Gutted Funding for Gun Violence Prevention

By Bram Sable-Smith June 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. Department of Justice canceled $500 million in grants to public safety organizations nationwide, including some that address gun violence. A clinic in St. Louis lost a $2 million award to develop a mobile clinic, increase mental health services, and engage the community.

Why Covid Patients Who Could Most Benefit From Paxlovid Still Aren’t Getting It

By Arthur Allen March 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Price worries, bureaucratic obstacles, and “I’m-over-covid-itis” slow uptake of a drug that’s complicated to take but often effective.

Readers Make Their Wish Lists, Checking Up on Health Care

December 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

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

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

By Susan Jaffe November 30, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Biden administration wants to crack down on deceptive or misleading Medicare Advantage and drug plan sales tactics. It’s counting on beneficiaries to help catch offenders.

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.

Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team’s Changes Undermine Food Safety

By Stephanie Armour Updated May 29, 2025 Originally Published May 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.

RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact April 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that “autism destroys families,” adding that “most cases are now severe” and describing children who will never work, play baseball, write poetry, or go on a date. Medical experts and people on the autism spectrum say Kennedy’s portrayal was skewed.

Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates

By Arthur Allen October 27, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Florida has announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children — whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus — are likely to make a resurgence and when.

What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Abortion Pill Goes Back to Court

May 18, 2023 Podcast

A three-judge appeals court panel heard testimony this week about revoking the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of a key pill used in medication abortion and miscarriage management. The judges all have track records of siding with abortion foes. Meanwhile, as the standoff over raising the federal debt ceiling continues in Washington, a major sticking point is whether to impose work requirements on recipients of Medicaid coverage. Victoria Knight of Axios, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.

These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

By Noam N. Levey September 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A decades-old manufacturing company opened a clinic and made primary care and prescriptions free for employees and their families.

Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That ‘Ludicrous.’

By Sarah Varney Illustration by Oona Zenda February 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In several red states, officials say few or no abortions happened in 2023, raising alarm among researchers about the politicization of vital statistics.

The Nation’s 911 System Is on the Brink of Its Own Emergency

By Stephanie Armour July 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

911 outages have hit at least eight states this year. They’re emblematic of problems plaguing emergency response communications due in part to wide disparities in capabilities and funding.

An Arm and a Leg: The Struggle To Afford Insurance in 2026 Hits Home

By Dan Weissmann October 1, 2025 Podcast

The senior producer of “An Arm and a Leg” starts planning for health insurance in 2026, and — like millions of others signing up during this year’s open enrollment — faces a steep price increase.

Little Tracking, Wide Variability Permeate the Teams Tasked With Stopping School Shootings

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock February 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Several states require schools to assemble teams of law enforcement and education officials to identify students who could become mass shooters and intervene before it’s too late. But some experts say the efforts often face a lack of guidance and significant pressure, putting them at risk of maligning innocent students.

Cyberattacks Plague the Health Industry. Critics Call Feds’ Response Feeble and Fractured.

By Darius Tahir September 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Health care weathered more ransomware attacks last year than any other sector, and that was before a debilitating February hack of payments manager Change Healthcare. Executives, lawyers, and policymakers are worried the federal government’s response is underpowered, underfunded, and too focused on hospital security.

Checking the Facts on Medicaid Use by Latinos

By Paula Andalo and Isabel Rubio, Factchequeado March 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans’ moves to scale back Medicaid are leading to more misinformation about immigrants, especially Latinos, circulating on social media platforms. The misconceptions include the myths that Latinos covered by Medicaid don’t work and that they use Medicaid significantly more than others.

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