Congressional Stalemate Creates Chaos for Obamacare Shoppers
This year, Affordable Care Act marketplace consumers will need to be more informed than ever to navigate their health coverage choices.
Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak
Louisiana health officials appear to have deviated from the usual steps for public health communications amid a whooping cough outbreak after it killed two infants.
Qué ocurre cuando tus médicos ya no están en la red de tu aseguradora
El invierno pasado, Amber Wingler comenzó a recibir una serie de mensajes cada vez más urgentes del hospital local de Columbia, Missouri, informándole que la atención médica de su familia podría verse afectada pronto. MU Health Care, donde practican la mayoría de los médicos que utiliza su familia, estaba inmerso en una disputa contractual con […]
Gobierno de Trump ordena a programas estatales de Medicaid que ayuden a identificar a inmigrantes indocumentados
La administración del presidente Donald Trump ha ordenado a los estados que investiguen a beneficiarios de Medicaid —el programa que cubre a personas de bajos ingresos o con discapacidades— para verificar si cumplen con los requisitos de elegibilidad en base a su estatus migratorio. Hasta ahora, cinco estados informaron que ya han recibido, en total, […]
Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants
Federal health authorities have taken the "unprecedented" step of instructing states to investigate certain individuals on Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve received more than 170,000 names collectively.
Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash
States, counties, and cities are receiving millions in opioid settlement money to address the addiction crisis. The ways they spent the dollars in 2024 sometimes drew criticism from advocates and at least one state official, who alleged misuse.
From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs
Local governments have received hundreds of millions of dollars from the opioid settlements to support addiction treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts. Their spending decisions in 2024 were sometimes surprising and even controversial. Our new database offers more than 10,500 examples.
Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
