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Clinics Sour on CMS After Agency Scraps 10-Year Primary Care Program Only Months In
Andrew Jones CELO COMMUNITY, N.C. — On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina began to fill up...
RFK Jr. Made Promises in Order To Become Health Secretary. He’s Broken Many of Them.
One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of...
Trump Team’s Planned ACA Rule Offers Its Answer to Rising Premium Costs: Catastrophic Coverage
The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act marketplace next...
What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks
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...
Alabama’s ‘Pretty Cool’ Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate
It sounds like something from a science fiction novel, but Alabama officials’ plan to use robots to improve care for rural pregnant women and their...
Louisville Found PFAS in Drinking Water. The Trump Administration Wouldn’t Require Any Action.
Every day, the Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville’s pumping station, where the Kentucky city’s utility sucks it up to...
End of Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Puts Tribal Health Lifeline at Risk
Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home...
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard
Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit...
Obamacare Sign-Ups Drop, but the Extent Won’t Be Clear for Months
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News More Americans than expected enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for this year, after premium subsidies were dramatically...