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The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now

Episode 406

July 17, 2025

The Senate narrowly approved the Trump administration’s request to claw back about $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting but refused to cut funding for the international AIDS/HIV program PEPFAR. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled that West Virginia can ban the abortion pill mifepristone, which could allow states to block other FDA-approved drugs. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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Broken Rehab

How To Find the Right Medical Rehab Services

Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.

By Jordan Rau

July 15, 2025

In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry

The health industry couldn’t persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.

By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour

July 14, 2025

KFF Health News On Air

Journalists Tally State and Local Health Care Implications of GOP Megabill

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

July 12, 2025

What the Health? From KFF Health News

Digesting Trump’s Big Budget Law

Episode 405

July 10, 2025

President Donald Trump’s big budget bill became his big budget law on July 4, codifying about $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program. But the law includes many less-publicized provisions that could reshape the way the nation pays for and receives health care. Meanwhile, at the Department of Health and Human Services, uncertainty reigns as both staff and outside recipients of federal funds face cuts. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Julie Appleby, who reported the latest KFF Health News’ “Bill of the Month” feature, about some very pricey childhood immunizations.

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Watch: She’s at High Risk of Breast Cancer. She Moved, and Her Screening Costs Soared.

This installment of InvestigateTV and KFF Health News’ “Costly Care” series explores how the type of medical facility where a patient seeks care can affect the cost of that care — particularly when that facility is a hospital.

By Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV and Jamie Grey, InvestigateTV

July 10, 2025

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Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

By Lauren Sausser and Katheryn Houghton

July 10, 2025

An Arm and a Leg

The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part II

Season 13, Episode 10

July 9, 2025

In this second part of a two-part series on dealing with the high price of prescription drugs, experts share their insider tips.

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Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills

A Colorado bill banning surprise billing for ambulance rides passed unanimously in both legislative chambers, only to be met with a veto from the governor. As more states pass such legislation, some are hitting the same snag — concerns about raising premiums.

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Katheryn Houghton

July 9, 2025

KFF Health News On Air

Journalists Assess Health Impacts of Trump’s Megabill, Who Will Feel Them, and When

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and regional media this week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

July 5, 2025

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States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill

States that run their own health insurance marketplaces fear an end to automatic Obamacare reenrollment under the tax and spending megabill would have an outsize effect on their policyholders.

By Julie Appleby

July 3, 2025

What the Health? From KFF Health News

Trump’s Bill Reaches the Finish Line

Episode 404

July 3, 2025

The House on Thursday moved to approve the largest-ever cuts to federal safety net programs, the last step before the measure goes to President Donald Trump’s desk. After the Senate very narrowly passed the bill, House GOP leaders ushered it past resistance from conservatives wary of adding trillions to the federal debt and moderates concerned about its cuts to Medicaid. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has continued to pursue his anti-vaccine agenda, despite promising that he would not. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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GOP Governors Mum as Congress Moves To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States

In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped turn Congress against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, Republican governors — whose constituents stand to lose federal funding and health coverage — have gone quiet on the health consequences.

By Phil Galewitz

July 3, 2025

HealthBent

To Cut Medicaid, the GOP’s Following a Path Often Used To Expand Health Care

Republicans are attempting to use the budget reconciliation process to boost President Donald Trump’s priorities and reduce health coverage. That process has been used to pass nearly every major piece of health legislation for decades — except usually lawmakers use it to expand health care, not cut it, writes Julie Rovner.

By Julie Rovner

July 2, 2025

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Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

Spending cuts hitting medical providers, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act enrollees, and lawfully present immigrants are just some of the biggest changes the GOP has in store for health care — with ramifications that could touch all Americans.

By Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam, and Bernard J. Wolfson

July 2, 2025

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California Immigrants Weigh Health Coverage Against Deportation Risk

Immigrants without legal status who live in the state are facing a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze next year. But the spate of immigration raids has raised fears that signing up before the deadline will put them on the radar of federal officials.

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

July 1, 2025

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Bill of the Month

A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.

A family living in Galveston was surprised to be charged thousands of dollars for immunizations for their children. Their insurance plan didn’t cover the shots, and the cost of the measles vaccine in particular was more than five times what health officials say it goes for in the private sector.

By Julie Appleby

June 30, 2025

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In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of US Uninsured

Fewer Americans will likely have health insurance, compromising their physical and financial health, as the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress weigh major changes to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. “The effects could be catastrophic,” one policy analyst predicts.

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead

June 30, 2025

KFF Health News & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Thune Says Health Care Often ‘Comes With a Job.’ The Reality’s Not Simple or Straightforward.

Sixty percent of Americans have health insurance through their own workplace or someone else’s job. But not all employers provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely, making Thune’s statement an oversimplification.

By Arielle Zionts

June 27, 2025

A group of protesters stand holding signs. One large sign reads, "Death by a trillion cuts: Medicaid cuts kill." Others hold signs shaped like tombstones that read, "Here lies America's future," and "R.I.P. Sacrificed for the rich."

Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trump’s Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance

Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP’s work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they’re unable to hold jobs.

By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour

June 27, 2025

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