Watch: What Is Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid. But what exactly is it? Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program f...Read More
Journalists Discuss Health Care for Incarcerated Children and the Possibility of a Bird Flu Pandemic
KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the possibility of a bird flu pandemic on WAMU’s “1A” on Feb. 20....Read More
Can Medicaid’s Popularity Shield It From the Budget Ax?
Congressional lawmakers are facing tricky arithmetic as they hammer out a budget plan to finance President Donald Trump’s agenda. Republic...Read More
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Medicaid in the Crosshairs, Maybe
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF ...Read More
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kenne...Read More
Deny and Delay? California Seeks Penalties for Insurers That Repeatedly Get It Wrong
When Colleen Henderson’s 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infectio...Read More
Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones With Disabilities
Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilit...Read More
Nueva ley ofrece atención médica a jóvenes que salen de la cárcel
Valentino Valdez recibió su certificado de nacimiento, su tarjeta de Seguro Social, una camiseta y pantalones color caqui cuando salió de un...Read More
A Dose of Love: The Winning Health Policy Valentines
Nothing sweeps us off our feet like a health policy valentine. Readers showed their love this season, writing poetic lines about surprise me...Read More
Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law
Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas pri...Read More
Officials Seek To Dismantle Appeals Board for Montanans Denied Public Assistance
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration is reviving efforts to do away with a panel that hears appeals from people who were denied publ...Read More
Wash, Dry, Enroll: Finding Medicaid Help at the Laundromat
SUITLAND, Md. — At a SuperSuds Laundromat just south of Washington, D.C., a steady stream of customers loaded clothes into washers and drye...Read More
Indiana Governor Appoints Business Leader To Shake Up Health Care
Gloria Sachdev has spent years challenging the health care industry, trying to bring down the high cost of care. It’s working, even in an u...Read More
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