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A photo of Lina Khan during a House of Representatives committee hearing.

FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Health Care Price Fixing

By Julie Rovner and David Hilzenrath April 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Technological advances including the widespread use of algorithms make it easier for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating, Lina Khan said at a KFF event.

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Exclusive: Senator Urges Biden Administration To Thwart Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollments

By Julie Appleby May 21, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With tens of thousands of Americans already affected by enrollment scams that leave some without doctors or treatments, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants increased enforcement against rogue agents or other perpetrators and legislation to allow for criminal penalties.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks

February 12, 2026 Podcast

It’s been a busy week at the FDA, with a political appointee overruling agency scientists to reject an application for a new flu vaccine. Meanwhile, anti-abortion Republicans on Capitol Hill complain the agency is dragging its feet on reviewing the abortion pill mifepristone. Jackie Fortiér of KFF Health News, Lizzy Lawrence of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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Post-Helene, Patients Who Rely on IV Nutrition Face Severe Shortages

By Arthur Allen October 29, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina last month, wrecked a Baxter International factory that produced 60 percent of the country’s IV fluids, according to the American Hospital Association. The company is rationing its products, and some hospitals have delayed or canceled surgeries that require large amounts of IV hydration. Among the worst-hit patients are those […]

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California’s Much-Touted IVF Law May Be Delayed Until 2026, Leaving Many in the Lurch

By Sarah Kwon June 25, 2025 KFF Health News Original

California lawmakers are poised to approve a six-month delay in implementing the state’s in vitro fertilization law, pushing its start to January 2026. The plan to postpone, which has drawn little attention, is part of the state budget package and has left patients, insurers, and employers in limbo.

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An illustration, drawn with pencil and digital marker, of Leonard Leo lining up pink dominos that have the Planned Parenthood logo on them. Ken Paxton and Matthew Kacsmaryk are in line with the dominos, helping Leo get them in place.

Inside Conservative Activist Leonard Leo’s Long Campaign To Gut Planned Parenthood

By Rachana Pradhan Illustration by Oona Zenda August 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Anti-abortion groups and their allies secured a generational victory in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned “Roe v. Wade.” A lawsuit in Texas demonstrates how those same forces threaten access to other health services, including birth control and screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted infections.

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Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio October 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Amid concerns that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is undermining trust in vaccines and public health science, some states are seeking new sources of scientific consensus and changing how they regulate insurance companies, prescribers, and pharmacists. Colorado has been at the front of this wave.

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Why Is Finding Covid Shots for Young Children Still So Hard?

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist October 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In Los Angeles and elsewhere, some parents are having trouble finding the new pediatric covid shot, especially for young children. Not all pediatricians or pharmacies have it and can administer it, even if vaccines.gov says they can.

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An AI Assistant Can Interpret Those Lab Results for You

By Kate Ruder September 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

While patients wait to hear back from their doctors about test results, many turn to AI assistants for answers despite cautions over privacy and accuracy.

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HealthSherpa and Insurers Team Up To Curb Unauthorized ACA Enrollment Schemes

By Julie Appleby July 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The initiative targets the biggest incentive driving fraudulent sign-ups and plan switches: the commissions that rogue agents or large call centers seek.

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Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties

By Amy Maxmen Updated February 12, 2025 Originally Published February 7, 2025 KFF Health News Original

With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.

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In Hepatitis B Vaccine Debate, CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk

By Jackie Fortiér September 29, 2025 KFF Health News Original

At a recent meeting of a key vaccine advisory panel, members debated changes to the timing of hepatitis B vaccination, while largely ignoring the risk of early childhood transmission from day care or household contact. A few days later, President Donald Trump did the same.

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A woman with short brown hair held back with a white headband sits on a beige couch with a box in her lap filled with things. She is wearing long earrings and a blue tank top. Her legs are crossed and she is wearing knee-high black socks.

Long-Covid Patients Are Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn’t Found New Treatments

By Sarah Boden January 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The federal government has allocated $1.15 billion to long-covid research without any new treatments yet brought to market. Patients and scientists say it’s time to push harder for breakthroughs.

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Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans

By Arielle Zionts and Sarah Jane Tribble March 4, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration’s $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states’ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.

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TrumpRx Website Opens For Business

February 6, 2026 Morning Briefing

The government-run portal allows people to search for meds — about 40 were available at launch — and either buy them through manufacturers’ direct-to-consumer sites or get coupons to use at certain pharmacies. Uninsured people and those who “self-pay” for prescriptions are most likely to benefit from the website, but experts remain skeptical that the platform will meaningfully affect affordability.

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Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment

By Julie Appleby Updated May 8, 2024 Originally Published May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.

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$50B Rural Health ‘Slush Fund’ Faces Questions, Skepticism

By Sarah Jane Tribble July 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers added a $50 billion program for rural health to President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package with promises it would help plug the hole left by Medicaid cuts. Rural hospital and clinic leaders worry the infusion won’t reach the right places.

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A Ticking Clock: How States Are Preparing for a Last-Minute Obamacare Deal

By Amanda Seitz and Julie Appleby October 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even if Congress strikes a deal soon to extend more generous Affordable Care Act subsidies, the prices and types of ACA plans available could change dramatically. Unprecedented uncertainty and upheaval could cloud this year’s open enrollment season, which begins in most states on Saturday.

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An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration

By Dan Weissmann March 12, 2025 Podcast

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline — for now. Here’s what that could mean for people with medical debt.

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Misleading Ads Play Key Role in Schemes to Gin Up Unauthorized ACA Sign-Ups, Lawsuit Alleges

By Julie Appleby Updated July 22, 2024 Originally Published July 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Misleading money-for-groceries ads helped lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage — or switched from their existing plans — without their express permission, a new lawsuit alleges.

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