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Oregon Confronts New Costs, Deadlines In Switch To Federal Exchange - KFF Health News
In addition, allegations are emerging about the Wentzville, Mo., processing center that handled paper applications for new health law insurance coverage.
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NIH Has Whacked $2.3B In Research Grants Since Trump Took Office - KFF Health News
Stat analyzed the funding cuts that have taken place and noted that the changes appear to be "the beginning of the end of the federal-academic partnership that...
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Exodus By Puerto Rican Medical Students Deepens Island’s Doctor Drain - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Interest in medical schools is high in Puerto Rico, but many students look to the U.S. mainland for residencies because of higher pay and the commonwealth's...
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It's In The Mail: Aetna Agrees To $17M Payout In HIV Privacy Breach - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - In a low-tech snafu, information about HIV treatment was visible through the cellophane window on envelopes sent to about 12,000 consumers.
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Red Cross President Responds to Claims of Unsafe Blood Supply in USA Today Letter - KFF Health News
Red Cross President Responds to Claims of Unsafe Blood Supply in USA Today Letter
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As More Drug-Dependent Babies Are Born, Hospitals Feel The Strain - KFF Health News
Dec 14, 2016 - A study finds that the problem has grown quickly and is especially true for rural facilities. Other news stories related to the drug epidemic report on a...
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Insurance Exchange Outreach In Connecticut Goes Far Afield - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Insurance Exchange Outreach In Connecticut Goes Far Afield
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Florida Moves Ahead With 15-Week Abortion Bill - KFF Health News
Feb 17, 2022 - The Florida House vote approving an abortion ban was achieved along party lines, driven by Republican lawmakers. Next it will go before the state Senate. But...
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FTC Blocks Ohio Hospital Merger; Kan. Mental Hospital's 'Poor Working Conditions' - KFF Health News
A summary of hospital news from Kansas, California, Wisconsin and Ohio.
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Montana Minors May Seek Abortions Without Parent's OK, Court Rules - KFF Health News
Aug 15, 2024 - Children deserve the same right to privacy as adults when making decisions affecting their bodies, the state Supreme Court says. Meanwhile, Arizona's high...
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Over 1 Million Claims Granted Under PACT Act For Vets Exposed To Toxins - KFF Health News
May 21, 2024 - The White House released the latest numbers related to 2022 PACT Act, which provides compensation and disability benefits for veterans who were sickened by...
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Public Voices Often Ignored in States’ Opioid Settlement Money Decisions - KFF Health News
Apr 15, 2026 - In many places, victims of the opioid epidemic are silenced in decision-making about how to use opioid settlement money, a first-of-its-kind survey conducted...
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European Commission Approves Pfizer's CCR5 Inhibitor Maraviroc - KFF Health News
European Commission Approves Pfizer’s CCR5 Inhibitor Maraviroc
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Thousands of people who had a Medicare drug plan with zero-dollar premiums last year got small premium increases this year — and didn’t know it. They were...
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Paying For Hospital Quality - KFF Health News
Apr 17, 2026 - The government takes performance into account when paying hospitals, one of the biggest changes in Medicare’s 50-year-history. KFF Health News is tracking the...
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HHS Warns Of Early Hiccups As It Premieres Insurance Website - KFF Health News
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking the public and press to be patient as the law unfolds.
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President Obama sent this letter to Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus regarding health reform.
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Medicamentos de Medicare pueden costar menos pagando en efectivo - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Beneficiarios de Medicare pueden conseguir medicamentos más baratos si pagan en efectivo... pero por reglas mordaza el farmacéutico no puede decirlo.
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VA Hospital Incident Adds To Questions About Nurse Skills - KFF Health News
ProPublica reports on this incident at a Manhattan Veterans Affairs hospital.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/senators-seek-to-delay-administrations-release-of-overall-hospital-star-ratings/
Senators Seek To Delay Administration's Release Of Overall Hospital Star Ratings - KFF Health News
Apr 13, 2016 - The lawmakers say they support the effort but think the ratings do not adequately assess hospitals that deal with large numbers of low-income patients or...
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Homicides Surge in California Amid Covid Shutdowns of Schools, Youth Programs - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - California endured a brutal spike in homicides in 2020 across large swaths of the state, registering the largest year-over-year increase in victims in three...
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Allergan To Pay $200M To Settle With New York Over Opioid Crisis - KFF Health News
Dec 9, 2021 - The state's attorney general announced the settlement yesterday. Allergan had been an opioid manufacturer and faced allegations that it helped fuel the opioid...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/citing-concerns-medical-centers-resist-being-a-rural-emergency-hospital/
Citing Concerns, Medical Centers Resist Being A 'Rural Emergency Hospital' - KFF Health News
Dec 9, 2022 - Side Effects Public Media reports on how some overstretched rural hospitals, suffering inflation impact and staff shortages, are rebuffing the new federal...
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Supreme Court Allows California Jails To Not Enforce Pandemic Protections - KFF Health News
Aug 6, 2020 - In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court overruled a federal judge's previous order mandating that California's Orange County jails take steps to protect inmates...
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The New Old Age Archives - Page 2 of 2 - KFF Health News
In some studies, half of patients stopped taking GLP-1s within a year despite the benefits, citing the expense and side effects.
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Rural Americans Wait After Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling on Digital Equity Dollars – KFF Health News...
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US Border With Mexico And Canada Closed Until Nov. 21 - KFF Health News
Oct 20, 2020 - The extension of the border closure was in response to rising COVID-19 cases. International news also highlights a top Palestinian leader in critical condition...
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First AIDS Vaccine Trials in Kenya Delayed - KFF Health News
First AIDS Vaccine Trials in Kenya Delayed
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House Democrats Push Localized Medicaid Expansion In Resistant States - KFF Health News
Jun 18, 2021 - Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced a bill that would work with city and county leaders to cover more people. Meanwhile, the latest stats show that 9...
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Baltimore's Other Divide Archives - KFF Health News
Months of reporting and rich hospital data portray life in the worst asthma hot spot in one of the worst asthma cities: Baltimore. The medical system knows how...
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A Generation of Kids Suffer as Trump Destabilizes Immigrant Families - KFF Health News
Sep 14, 2026 - Children in immigrant families are facing health threats from President Donald Trump’s policies: separation from parents detained or deported by Immigration...
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AIDS Advocates in Austin, Texas, Rally Against Scheduled Budget Cuts - KFF Health News
AIDS Advocates in Austin, Texas, Rally Against Scheduled Budget Cuts
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Birx Tells Hill Panel White House Tried To Limit Covid Guidance To States - KFF Health News
Jun 24, 2022 - Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the coronavirus coordinator for President Donald Trump, testified that administration officials were giving the president...
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With Specialists In Short Supply, L.A. County Turns To e-Consulting - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Facing a shortfall of doctors -- and a dearth of money -- L.A. County, Calif., is using a web-based system called eConsult that allows primary care doctors and...
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First Edition: Aug. 18, 2020 - KFF Health News
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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No Abortion Coverage In High Risk Pools, HHS Says - KFF Health News
News outlets report on abortion coverage restrictions in state high-risk pools.
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Thursday, October 8, 2020 - KFF Health News
Oct 8, 2020 - Thursday's roundup of health news covers the fall COVID surge, Trump's health, the White House outbreak, Regeneron asks for EUA, the debates and much more.
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Race And The Personalized Medicine Debate - KFF Health News
The Washington Post reports on how race is emerging as an important issue in the discussion surrounding personalized medicine.
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Deal With Anthem May Close In 2017, Cigna Says - KFF Health News
May 9, 2016 - Initially, Cigna's acquisition by Anthem was expected to close in 2016 but it may take longer due to regulatory intricacies.
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Tavenner To Replace Berwick At CMS Helm - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - President Barack Obama chose Marilyn Tavenner, a nurse and former hospital executive, to run the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.
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Patients In Iowa Worry About Private Management Of Medicaid - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Many in Iowa get Medicaid -- the state-federal health program for poorer Americans -- especially after the state expanded the program under the federal health...
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After Management Shake-Up, Molina Loses N.M. Medicaid Contract - KFF Health News
Jan 11, 2018 - The board of directors ousted the CEO and chief financial officer -- both sons of the founder -- last year. In other Medicaid news, Florida lawmakers question...
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CMS Study Highlights High Cost Of Cancer Drugs - KFF Health News
Jun 4, 2015 - The information compared cancer drug costs and other services provided by oncologists. Also in the news, the CEO of AstraZeneca said his company would be open...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/house-nears-vote-on-beautiful-bill-that-will-decimate-medicaid-coverage/
Speaking For Hours, Jeffries Slams 'Big Ugly Bill' That Will Decimate Medicaid - KFF Health News
Jul 3, 2025 - House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the bill "immoral" and a "disgusting abomination." About 11 million people would lose Medicaid coverage,...
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Here’s Why Getting a Covid Shot During Pregnancy Is Important - KFF Health News
Apr 15, 2026 - New data from the CDC shows covid vaccination during pregnancy is key to protecting vulnerable newborns from the virus.
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First Edition: December 20, 2018 - KFF Health News
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Doctors Wrestle With Mixed Messages When Deciding Whether To Prescribe Painkillers - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Though the CDC’s new prescribing guidelines follow a theme of less is more, another federal agency’s patient satisfaction surveys include questions about pain...
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AIDS Orphans 'Greatest Moral Issue,' Oprah Winfrey Says During Trip to Zambia - KFF Health News
AIDS Orphans ‘Greatest Moral Issue,’ Oprah Winfrey Says During Trip to Zambia
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Democrats Seek To Make GOP Pay for Threats to Reproductive Rights - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Democrats running for office are using abortion rollbacks to galvanize voters, with abortion rights ballot initiatives amplifying their lines of attack. In...
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Massachusetts Cuts HIV/AIDS, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Budgets - KFF Health News
Massachusetts Cuts HIV/AIDS, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Budgets
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - KFF Health News
May 31, 2023 - Opioid lawsuits, the debt deal, abortion access, weight loss, Medicaid, nurses, mood-altering mushrooms, and more are in the news.
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Obama Plan To Cut Hospital Payments Draws Ire - KFF Health News
The Obama administration has called for $200 billion in cuts for hospital reimbursements in an effort to overhaul the health care system.
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Think Multivitamins Are Good For You? You May Think Again, Say Researchers - KFF Health News
Jun 27, 2024 - Health data from nearly 400,000 Americans reveals that people who take multivitamins are actually at a slightly higher risk of premature death than people who...
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First Edition: July 24, 2020 - KFF Health News
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Insurers Are Making It Hard To Get At-Home Ventilators - KFF Health News
Mar 11, 2024 - A report says doctors are complaining that insurers' delays and denials are impacting patients who need a machine's help to breathe. Also in the news:...
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Many Newspapers Feature AIDS-Related Articles in Observance of World AIDS Day - KFF Health News
Many Newspapers Feature AIDS-Related Articles in Observance of World AIDS Day
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A Medical Cost-Sharing Plan Left Pastor With Most Of The Cost - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Jeff and Kareen King joined a medical cost-sharing plan advertised as a "refreshing non-insurance approach" to paying for health care. It had a big proviso:...
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The Biden administration is getting rid of several policies implemented by Trump-era appointees that restricted enrollment. Federal officials now say states...
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Another Covid-Era Requirement On Hospital Data Collection Ends - KFF Health News
Apr 29, 2024 - Hospitals are no longer required to collect and report respiratory disease data related to admissions and other stats, marking another milestone in the...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - KFF Health News
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Medical Marijuana Lawsuit In Calif. Hinges On Federal Inaction, Science - KFF Health News
The fight over marijuana -- for medical purposes or not -- simmers in California, where the drug is treated casually and where a large medical marijuana...
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Hush, Fix Your Face - KFF Health News
Sep 17, 2024 - Cara Anthony SIKESTON, Mo. — For residents of Sikeston, as for Black Americans around the country, speaking openly about experiences with racial violence can...
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4 Members Of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel Get Termination Notices - KFF Health News
Jun 9, 2025 - Stat reports that the panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, has been a target of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Other...
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People Can Now Select Preferred Gender In Social Security Records - KFF Health News
Oct 21, 2022 - The Social Security Administration also said it was exploring allowing people to use an "X" designator in the future. Meanwhile, NBC News reports on a national...
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Costly Specialty Drugs Drive Up Medicare Tab - KFF Health News
ProPublica and The New York Times look at the explosive spending growth related to an obscure medication for treating multiple sclerosis and a rare kidney...
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Democrats Moving To Extend COBRA Subsidy Expansion Through End Of Year - KFF Health News
Tucked into a $190 billion jobs and tax bill the House plans to take up next week is an extension of the subsidy to help laid-off workers pay for COBRA health...
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N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds Decision Blocking NYC's Big Soda Ban - KFF Health News
The panel said the city board of health acted outside its authority in imposing the ban, which would have prevented restaurants, theaters and food carts from...
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Republican Efforts Against Planned Parenthood In Texas Produce Few Results - KFF Health News
Feb 1, 2016 - The grand jury investigation is just one of several steps Texas Republicans have taken against the reproductive health organization. Media outlets also report...
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Live Virus Found In Air Of Hospital Room Almost 16 Feet From Patients, Study Finds - KFF Health News
Sep 17, 2020 - Researchers at the University of Florida collected three 3-hour air samples from a room on a dedicated COVID-19 ward that was well ventilated, with six air...
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President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved...
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Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After 'Roe' - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - In Part I of this special two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chief...
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Medicaid Expansion An Unsettled Issue For Some States - KFF Health News
In Virginia, one member of the panel charged with exploring the idea of expanding the health insurance program for low-income people said any broadening of the...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/university-of-california-faces-uphill-fight-in-crispr-patent-challenge/
University Of California Faces Uphill Fight In CRISPR Patent Challenge - KFF Health News
Dec 7, 2016 - Patent judges hear arguments by the school system, which is arguing to overturn a 2015 decisions awarding key patents to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
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Drugmakers Manipulate Orphan Drug Rules To Create Prized Monopolies - KFF Health News
Apr 18, 2026 - Drugmakers have brought almost 450 orphan drugs to market and collected rich incentives but nearly a third of those products aren’t new or were repurposed...
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State Exchanges Archives - Page 4 of 4 - KFF Health News
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey appeared on PBS NewsHour to talk about open enrollment season to buy health insurance coverage on healthcare.gov and online state...
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Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers - KFF Health News
Sep 28, 2026 - Some states have considered barring companies that own a PBM from also owning brick-and-mortar pharmacies, as CVS does. Two states have followed through. A...
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Lawmakers Push To Protect Patients And Counter Trump - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - California legislators approved some significant health care proposals in their rush to meet the Friday end-of-session deadline. They tackled controversial...
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Mormon Missionaries Quarantined After Bringing Covid To Kiribati - KFF Health News
Jan 26, 2022 - Kiribati's borders had been closed since almost the beginning of the pandemic, and the island nation had avoided covid until a plane chartered by The Church of...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/fact-check-biden-state-of-the-union-health-care/
Fact Check: Biden Sets High Bar in 1st State of the Union Speech - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - What a difference a year makes. The speech was delivered to a largely unmasked crowd of lawmakers, justices, and Cabinet members in the House chamber.
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The Bipartisan Trap - And How Democrats Fell Into It - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - Every special interest knew that the Democrats had a razor-thin margin for success--and that gave them maximum leverage. They understood early on that, by...
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Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media, Author at KFF Health News
Many children with serious emotional or behavioral difficulties depend on schools for access to vital therapies. When schools and doctors' offices stopped...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/judge-thwarts-trumps-changes-to-teen-pregnancy-prevention-program/
Judge Thwarts Trump's Changes To Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program - KFF Health News
In her ruling Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said the policy change was “motivated solely by political concerns, devoid of any considered process or...
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El miedo compromete la salud y el bienestar de las familias inmigrantes - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - El clima político en derredor de la inmigración ha generado más estrés y temor en las familias que temen ser separadas por la deportación.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/judge-halts-enforcement-of-south-carolinas-6-week-abortion-ban/
Judge Halts Enforcement Of South Carolina's 6-Week Abortion Ban - KFF Health News
May 30, 2023 - South Carolina's restrictive abortion ban is on hold until the state's Supreme Court reviews the new measure. Other abortion news is reported from Indiana,...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/kratom-states-action-federal-regulation-lacking-montana/
Without Federal Action, States Wrestle With Kratom Regulation - KFF Health News
Apr 15, 2026 - A bill proposed by kratom industry advocates is prompting consideration — and some concern — in the Montana Legislature.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/employers-require-covid-liability-waivers-as-conflict-mounts-over-workplace-safety/
Employers Require COVID Liability Waivers as Conflict Mounts Over Workplace Safety - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - While Congress negotiates liability protection for reopening businesses as part of its latest pandemic bailout package, some employers are already requiring...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/insurers-brace-for-expected-medicare-advantage-losses-next-year/
Insurers Brace For Expected Medicare Advantage Losses Next Year - KFF Health News
May 15, 2024 - CVS Health and Humana are making moves ahead of anticipated drops in Medicare Advantage memberships in 2025. Meanwhile, low Medicare Advantage pay further...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/first-edition-november-1-2019/
First Edition: November 1, 2019 - KFF Health News
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Deadline Today For 300,000 To Prove They Should Get Subsidies
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Rapid Rise in Syphilis Hits Native Americans Hardest - KFF Health News
Apr 16, 2026 - With U.S. syphilis rates climbing to the worst level in seven decades, public health experts and the federal Indian Health Service are scrambling to detect and...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/doc-fix-12/
House Panel Takes On Medicare Payment Reform Issues - KFF Health News
During a Thursday hearing, medical societies weighed in on efforts to fix Medicare reimbursement, and Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said a repeal of...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/first-edition-december-15-2016/
First Edition: December 15, 2016 - KFF Health News
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/lets-end-cancer-biden-calls-for-new-nih-agency-to-advance-disease-cures/
'Let's End Cancer': Biden Calls For New NIH Agency To Advance Disease Cures - KFF Health News
Apr 29, 2021 - Comparing a new agency's mission after that of DARPA, President Joe Biden says that the nation must invest in advanced research into conditions like cancer,...
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Lydia Zuraw, Author at KFF Health News
Opioid settlement cash was meant to abate the addiction crisis. But a new investigation reveals millions in Louisiana was spent on law enforcement gear and...
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KFF Health News: As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It’s Unclear if Trump’s Team Will...
Nov 13, 2025 - Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more...
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Erik Neumann, Jefferson Public Radio, Author at KFF Health News
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