Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for...
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Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows,...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: GOP Poised To Cut Billions in Health Benefits
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host...
Newsom’s Pitch as He Seeks To Pare Down Immigrant Health Care: ‘We Have To Adjust’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday proposed that California roll back health care for immigrants without legal status,...
The GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.
It has been nearly eight years since Sen. John McCain’s middle-of-the-night thumbs-down vote torpedoed Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable...
Luego de prometer atención médica universal, el gobernador de California debe reconsiderar la cobertura para inmigrantes
SACRAMENTO, California — El gobernador Gavin Newsom no esperaba enfrentarse a otra crisis sanitaria. En marzo, mientras el presidente Donald...
After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t expect to be reckoning with another health care crisis. In March, as President...
An Arm and a Leg: A Health Policy Veteran Puts 2025 in Perspective
News has been coming out of Washington, D.C., since the start of the second Donald Trump administration like water out...
Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.
SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s...
Readers Scrutinize Federal Cuts and Medical Debt
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