How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch KFF Health News Arthur Allen
The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the...
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Six Years Into an Appalachia Hospital Monopoly, Patients Are Fearful and Furious KFF Health News Brett Kelman
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Jerry Qualls had a heart attack in 2022 and was rushed by ambulance to Holston Valley Medical...
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How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California KFF Health News Bernard J. Wolfson
In 2017, the Republicans who controlled Congress tried mightily to slash federal spending on Medicaid, the government-funded health program covering...
Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps KFF Health News Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead
ATLANTA — Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and frustration...
An Arm and a Leg: New Lessons in the Fight for Charity Care KFF Health News Dan Weissmann
Federal law requires that all nonprofit hospitals have financial assistance policies — also known as “charity care” — to reduce...
Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid KFF Health News Sarah Boden
It seems no one is taking covid-19 seriously anymore, said Mollee Loveland, a nursing home aide who lives outside Pittsburgh....
9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding KFF Health News Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care...
Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump To Rescind Staffing Mandate KFF Health News Jordan Rau, KFF Health News
Covid’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades:...
With Trump on the Way, Advocates Look to States To Pick Up Medical Debt Fight KFF Health News Noam N. Levey
Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation’s medical debt problem, patient and consumer...
