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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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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.

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Preparan análisis sobre el requisito de trabajo para Medicaid

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

La idea de un mandato nacional que requiera que los beneficiarios de Medicaid trabajen, estudien o realicen otras actividades que cumplan los requisitos para mantener la cobertura está ganando terreno.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': 100 Days of Health Policy Upheaval

May 1, 2025 Podcast

Members of Congress are back in Washington, and Republicans are struggling to find ways to reduce Medicaid spending without cutting benefits. Meanwhile, confusion continues to reign at the Department of Health and Human Services. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of the latest health research and news.

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Viewpoints: Red Dye No. 3 By Itself Isn’t Dangerous; What Spending Cuts Would Help Streamline Medicaid?

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers examine these public health issues.

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‘All New Vaccines’ To Undergo Placebo Testing For Approval, HHS Says

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Public health experts worry the policy change would not only cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines but would limit production and access. Separately, a decades-long pursuit of universal vaccines gets a $500 million boost.

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Federal Funding Pulled From Campaign To Prevent Infant Sleep-Related Deaths

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Trump administration’s decision to end federal participation in the Safe to Sleep campaign comes as recent data show sudden infant deaths rising. Also: Education Department grant cuts, animals in federally funded research, PEPFAR cut impacts, and more.

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Autism Cases Are Not Becoming ‘More Severe,’ New Research Underlines

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

The findings, which will be presented this week at the International Society for Autism Research, show that only mild autism cases rose between 2000 and 2016. Meanwhile, the White House has so far declined to include key autism advocacy groups and researchers in its efforts to address autism.

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Diabetes Death Rates At Lowest Level Since Start Of Pandemic: CDC

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Diabetes deaths peaked in 2021 at the height of the covid pandemic, but they’ve been trending down. Although levels are still higher than before the start of covid, they are the lowest they have been in years, preliminary data show. Simultaneously, breast cancer deaths among young women fell between 2010 and 2020.

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Missouri Senate Panel Pushes Resolution To Reinstate Abortion Ban

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

A Republican effort to overturn Amendment 3 — which voters approved in November with 51.6% of the vote — advanced Wednesday, St. Louis Public Radio reported.

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LA County Offers Isolated California Hospital A $3M Lifeline

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Financially struggling Catalina Island Health faces insolvency as early as July. In other news from California: today’s UC health worker strike; a probe into health data sharing with LinkedIn; the soda tax in Santa Cruz; and more.

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Pa. Lawmakers Request Criminal Probe Over Crozer Health Closure

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

A group of state lawmakers pressed the attorney general to launch an investigation for the shuttering of Crozer Health by California-based private health company Prospect Medical Holdings. Envision Healthcare, Teladoc, Two Chairs, Epic, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and the Leapfrog Group are also in the news.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

First Edition: Thursday, May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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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.

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California’s Primary Care Shortage Persists Despite Ambitious Moves To Close Gap

By Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez May 1, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The state has in recent years embraced several initiatives recommended in an influential health care workforce report, including alternative payment arrangements for primary care doctors to earn more. Despite increasing residency programs, student debt forgiveness, and tuition-free medical school, California is unlikely to meet patient demand, observers say.

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Florida Poised To Ban Fluoride In Public Water, Following Utah’s Lead

April 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

The chemical additive has been used to prevent tooth decay. The bill, which passed the state House on Tuesday, awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature. Other news is about PBM regulations, sick leave, life expectancy trends, and more.

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Texas Senate Votes Unanimously To Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions

April 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

The bill now heads to the Texas House for approval. At the same time, the Texas Senate is cracking down on abortion pills. Other states making abortion news include North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

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Gilead Sciences Will Pay $202 Million To Settle Alleged Kickbacks To Doctors

April 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

From 2011 to 2017, Gilead held dinners to promote its HIV medications at expensive restaurants that federal authorities claim were “wholly inappropriate” venues, Stat reported. Gilead said it settled to avoid the cost and distraction of potential litigation.

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