Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before…

How the Trump Administration Aims To Slash Health Care Spending

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Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in…

Trump’s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying ‘Kickbacks’ for Primo Customers

11 months ago

When people call large insurance brokerages seeking free assistance in choosing Medicare Advantage plans, they’re often offered assurances such as…

In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet

11 months ago

NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: GOP Poised To Cut Billions in Health Benefits

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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host…

Newsom’s Pitch as He Seeks To Pare Down Immigrant Health Care: ‘We Have To Adjust’

12 months ago

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status,…

The GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.

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It has been nearly eight years since Sen. John McCain’s middle-of-the-night thumbs-down vote torpedoed Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable…

Luego de prometer atención médica universal, el gobernador de California debe reconsiderar la cobertura para inmigrantes

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SACRAMENTO, California — El gobernador Gavin Newsom no esperaba enfrentarse a otra crisis sanitaria. En marzo, mientras el presidente Donald…

After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis. In March, as President…

An Arm and a Leg: A Health Policy Veteran Puts 2025 in Perspective

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News has been coming out of Washington, D.C., since the start of the second Donald Trump administration like water out…