Long-Awaited Rule Aims To Boost ACA Choices While Embracing Higher Deductibles
The Affordable Care Act seems to always be in a policy tug-of-war as its backers and critics spar over how it should work and who can qualify for coverage. This…
They’re Uninsured After Obamacare Became Too Costly. And They’re Far From Alone.
SUGAR GROVE, N.C. — Year after year, Ross and Rebecca Tobiassen saw their healthcare costs rise, having relied on the Affordable Care Act for federally subsidized health insurance since its…
1 in 4 Covered California Enrollees Could Get State Aid Under Newsom Proposal
When Congress allowed covid-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs for residents with low incomes. But the…
The Drip, Drip, Drip of Declining Coverage
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What…
Millions of Kids Could Lose Insurance as GOP Healthcare Cuts Start To Bite
0:00 0:00 Produced in partnership with: Embed Download Volume Speed 0.5x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x Embed this player × Copy More than 1 million children have lost insurance since President…
Medicaid Work Rules Surprise States
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What…
Louisiana’s Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications
Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their home near New Orleans and pushed a hairbrush into the hands of Miriam Romero, a health coordinator…
Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules Force States To Scrap Plans and Rework Systems
The Trump administration’s rollout of a federal mandate that millions of Americans on Medicaid must work or risk losing health benefits will force states to scrap months of preparation, according…
Telehealth Booms as Demand for GLP-1s Surges and Questions Mount About Safety, Oversight
Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth doctor, Karleigh McClain was admitted to the hospital, she…
Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined.…