Category: Health Care

A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78,000.
On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from…

In Arizona County That Backed Trump, Conflicted Feelings About Cutting Medicaid
GLOBE, Ariz. — Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Bill With Billions in Health Program Cuts Passes House
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is…

Republicanos buscan castigar a estados que ofrecen seguro de salud a inmigrantes sin papeles
La emblemática legislación del presupuesto del presidente Donald Trump castigaría a 14 estados que ofrecen…

Republicans Aim To Punish States That Insure Unauthorized Immigrants
President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to…

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…

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…