Month: May 2025
Trump Exaggerates Speed and Certainty of Prescription Drug Price Reductions
Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.” President Donald…
How Trump Aims To Slash Federal Support for Research, Public Health, and Medicaid
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes…
Trump’s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying ‘Kickbacks’ for Primo Customers
When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they’re…
Los hospitales que atienden partos en zonas rurales están cada vez más lejos de las embarazadas
WINNER, Dakota del Sur — Sophie Hofeldt tenía previsto hacerse los controles de embarazo y…
Trump retira servicios sociales de Medicaid, y pone en peligro la nutrición y la vivienda
Durante su primer gobierno, los principales funcionarios de salud del presidente Donald Trump autorizaron a…
Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of…
In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet
NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors…
Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill…
Ontario high school closes after measles exposure reported on campus
A high school in Kitchener, Ont., was closed on Thursday after there was a confirmed…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: GOP Tries To Cut Billions in Health Benefits
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is…