Republicans Once Wanted Government out of Health Care. Trump Voters See It Differently.
Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries, and other essentials. But Rouse is looking to the…
Los republicanos están considerando recortes a Medicaid. De nuevo, ¿qué es Medicaid?
En enero, durante una audiencia en el Congreso en su camino a convertirse en secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dio información errónea…
Qué es el Proyecto 2025, una hoja de ruta para las medidas de salud de Trump
Probablemente pocos votantes esperaban que el presidente Donald Trump, en sus primeras semanas de mandato, recortara miles de millones de dólares de la principal agencia federal de investigación del cáncer…
Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Conundrum
HELENA, Mont. — Despite concerns about what Congress and the Trump administration might have planned for Medicaid, Montana’s Republican-led legislature and GOP governor appear ready to keep the state’s Medicaid…
Watch: What Is Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid. But what exactly is it? Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities, is integral to…
Trump Froze Out Project 2025 in His Campaign. Now Its Blueprint Is His Health Care Playbook.
Few voters likely expected President Donald Trump in the first weeks of his administration to slash billions of dollars from the nation’s premier federal cancer research agency. But funding cuts…
Journalists Discuss Health Care for Incarcerated Children and the Possibility of a Bird Flu Pandemic
KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the possibility of a bird flu pandemic on WAMU’s “1A” on Feb. 20. Gounder also discussed the potential of an…
Can Medicaid’s Popularity Shield It From the Budget Ax?
Congressional lawmakers are facing tricky arithmetic as they hammer out a budget plan to finance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republicans need to free up roughly $4 trillion to pay for…
GOP Takes Aim at Medicaid, Putting Enrollees and Providers at Risk
Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government health insurance program for poor and disabled Americans,…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Medicaid in the Crosshairs, Maybe
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the…