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California’s ‘Care Courts’ Are Falling Short

By Christine Mai-Duc December 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California’s controversial experiment to order mental illness and drug treatment for some of its sickest residents is rolling out statewide, but the latest data shows the new initiative is falling far short of early objectives. The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act — known as Care — recently expanded from 11 pilot counties to all […]

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FDA Urged To Relax Decades-Old Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay and Bisexual Men

By Rae Ellen Bichell May 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal regulations prevent gay and bisexual men from donating tissue, such as corneas, ligaments, and blood vessels. Similar restrictions have been relaxed or lifted for donated blood and organs in recent years.

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Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses

By Paula Andalo October 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Community health centers are key to delivering care in underserved communities around the country, but their services could be disrupted or scaled back after governments did not renew their funding.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Trump-Harris Debate Showcases Health Policy Differences

September 12, 2024 Podcast

As expected, the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offered few new details of their positions on abortion, the Affordable Care Act, and other critical health issues. But it did underscore for voters dramatic differences between the two candidates. Meanwhile, the Biden administration issued rules attempting to better enforce […]

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California’s Health Insurance Marketplace Braces for Chaos as Shutdown Persists

By Bernard J. Wolfson October 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Jessica Altman, the head of California’s Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, warns letters will be sent out this week with sky-high premiums unless Washington extends covid-era enhanced tax credits by then. Even if Congress acts later and rates are lower than feared, she says, shoppers could be scared off.

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Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’

By Samantha Liss April 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medical providers say they’re still coping with the Change Healthcare cyberattack disclosed in February even though parent company UnitedHealth Group reported that much is back to normal and its revenue is up over last year.

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Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines

By Rosemary Westwood, WWNO May 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

When a New York physician was indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work. But some physicians vowed not to stop.

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Election Outcome Could Bring Big Changes to Medicare

By Stephanie Armour Updated November 4, 2024 Originally Published November 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost entirely by the private sector. If Trump retakes the White House, the shift to Medicare Advantage may accelerate.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA Goes After Nicotine

June 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The FDA is using its power to regulate tobacco products — ordering the vaping device Juul off the market and announcing its intention to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other products. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court rules on Medicare and kidney dialysis, and Congress makes progress on legislation surrounding guns and mental health. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Noam N. Levey about the new KHN-NPR project on the growing impact of medical debt.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Yet Another Promise for Long-Term Care Coverage

October 10, 2024 Podcast

As part of her presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris has rolled out a plan for Medicare to provide in-home long-term care services. The proposal would fill a longtime need for families trying to simultaneously care for young children and older parents, but its enormous price tag makes it a promise unlikely to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, a growing number of Republican candidates up and down the ballot facing voter backlash over their support for abortion restrictions are trying to reinvent their positions. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, excerpts from a KFF lunch with “Shark Tank” panelist and generic drug discounter Mark Cuban, who has been consulting with the Harris campaign about health care issues.

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California Faces Limits as It Directs Health Facilities To Push Back on Immigration Raids

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett October 30, 2025 KFF Health News Original

California now has a law requiring hospitals and clinics to improve patient privacy and have clear protocols for handling requests by immigration agents. Legal experts say the state can’t fully protect immigrant patients, because federal authorities are allowed in public places, including hospital lobbies, general waiting areas, and parking lots.

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When Suicidal Calls Come In, Who Answers? Georgia Crisis Line Response Rates Reveal Gaps

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat January 28, 2026 KFF Health News Original

In Georgia, a high number of callers to the 988 crisis line hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor. Many other calls are transferred out of state.

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Covered California Hits Record Enrollment, but Key Subsidies in Jeopardy

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett January 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Enhanced federal subsidies and more state aid for out-of-pocket costs have made health insurance purchased through California’s marketplace more affordable. It’s unclear if the incoming Republican Congress will extend the enhanced subsidies beyond 2025.

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Trump Administration Is Ending Multiple HIV Vaccine Studies, Scientists and Officials Say

By Céline Gounder and Alexander Tin, CBS News June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The cuts will shutter two major HIV vaccine research efforts, and a National Institutes of Health senior official said the agency has been instructed not to issue any more HIV vaccine research funding in the next fiscal year, with few exceptions.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill

March 28, 2024 Podcast

The Supreme Court this week heard its first abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, about an appeals court ruling that would dramatically restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. But while it seems likely that this case could be dismissed on a technicality, abortion opponents have more challenges in the pipeline. Meanwhile, health issues are heating up on the campaign trail, as Republicans continue to take aim at Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act — all things Democrats are delighted to defend. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Tony Leys, who wrote a KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about Medicare and a very expensive air-ambulance ride. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts

By Noam N. Levey March 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.

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Health Clinic Workers Brush Up on Constitutional Protections as Immigration Raids Loom

By Jackie Fortiér February 26, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Clinic administrators describe anxiety about President Donald Trump’s move to allow immigration arrests inside health centers.

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House Cats With Bird Flu Could Pose a Risk to Public Health

By Sarah Boden February 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The current strain of bird flu is spreading from wildlife and livestock to house cats. To keep pets healthy, many virologists and veterinarians say, house cats shouldn’t eat raw food and should be kept indoors. Despite no known cases of H5N1 transmission between cats and people, some public health agencies and virologists are warning cat owners to be mindful of the theoretical risks to the health of humans in their households if a pet gets sick.

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The National Suicide Hotline For LGBTQ+ Youth Shut Down. States Are Scrambling To Help.

By Annie Sciacca August 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

LGBTQ+ youth lost dedicated support on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in July at a critical time. Advocates say mental health issues are rising in that population amid hostility from the Trump administration.

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The Case of the $489,000 Air Ambulance Ride

By Julie Appleby March 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Diagnosed with aggressive leukemia on a Western trip, a young man thought his insurance would cover an air ambulance ride home to North Carolina. Instead, questions about medical necessity left him with an astronomical bill.

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