Dan Weissmann News has been coming out of Washington, D.C., since the start of the second Donald Trump administration like…
Tag: KFF
A California Lawmaker Leans Into Her Medical Training in Fight for Health Safety Net – KFF Health News
Christine Mai-Duc SACRAMENTO, Calif. — State Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson anticipates that California’s sprawling Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, may…
Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines – KFF Health News
When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to…
Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall – KFF Health News
Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running…
Covered California Pushes for Better Health Care as Federal Spending Cuts Loom – KFF Health News
Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical…
In a Broken Mental Health System, a Tiny Jail Cell Becomes an Institution of Last Resort – KFF Health News
POLSON, Mont. — When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances…
What ‘Fertilization President’ Trump Can Learn From State Efforts To Expand IVF Access – KFF Health News
For nearly three agonizing years, Mariah Freschi and her husband have been trying to have a second baby. The California…
California Halts Medical Parole, Sends Several Critically Ill Patients Back to Prison – KFF Health News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California has halted a court-ordered medical parole program, opting instead to send its most incapacitated prisoners back…
Covid Worsened Shortages of Doctors and Nurses. Five Years On, Rural Hospitals Still Struggle. – KFF Health News
Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney,…
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People – KFF Health News
President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty…