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

1 year ago

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

Trump Team Faces Key Legal Decision That Could Put Mental Health Parity in Peril

1 year ago

The Trump administration must soon make a decision that will affect millions of Americans’ ability to access and afford mental…

A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net

1 year ago

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California’s sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may need to…

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP

1 year ago

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

Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay

1 year ago

On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health runs the only hospital…

Trump Policies at Odds With ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Push

1 year ago

In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause,…

As Republicans Eye Sweeping Medicaid Cuts, Missouri Offers a Preview

1 year ago

CRESTWOOD, Mo. — The prospect of sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid is alarming to some Missourians who remember the last…

At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead

1 year ago

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead…

Avanza análisis sobre el requisito de trabajo para Medicaid

1 year ago

El principal organismo no partidario de control gubernamental del país ha confirmado que está examinando los costos de operar el…

Work Requirements Might Cut Medicaid Spending. But at What Cost?

1 year ago

Republicans have long pushed to force working-age adults enrolled in Medicaid to show they are, in fact, working.  Party members…