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He Needs an Expensive Drug. A Copay Card Helped — Until It Didn’t.

Elisabeth Rosenthal Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came...

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He Needs an Expensive Drug. A Copay Card Helped — Until It Didn’t.

Elisabeth Rosenthal Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came...

‘Kind of Morbid’: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.

COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So she did, socking away hundreds...

Estados rojos y azules buscan limitar el uso de la inteligencia artificial en seguros de salud. Trump quiere lo opuesto

¿Cómo deben usar la inteligencia artificial (IA) las aseguradoras de salud? La respuesta a esta pregunta inusual de política pública, encuentra en un...

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Better Health Literacy Means Better Preventive Care

Did you know that understanding health information better can help us lead healthier lives? As a Population Health Specialist at Independence Blue Cross...

Political Risks in ACA Subsidy Debate Spark Blame Game, Test Parties’ Resolve

Stephanie Armour A clash over the Affordable Care Act that has led to a shutdown of the federal government has ramifications for public health...

Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown...

Batalla para proteger a los pacientes de deudas médicas se traslada a los estados

Noam N. Levey and Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts Con la administración Trump cortando las medidas federales para proteger a los estadounidenses de facturas...

La inteligencia artificial pronto influirá en que te aprueben o te nieguen tratamientos en Medicare

Siguiendo el ejemplo del sector privado de seguros, la administración Trump lanzará el próximo año un programa piloto para evaluar cuánto dinero podría...

The Struggle To Afford Insurance in 2026 Hits Home

Dan Weissmann “An Arm and a Leg” senior producer Emily Pisacreta recently lost a job that provided her with health insurance. So now, for...

Health insurance for the unemployed

In the United States, nearly half of the people under the...

Where Jobs Are Scarce, Over 1 Million People Could Dodge Trump’s Medicaid Work Rules

Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement — if they live in a county with...

Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23....

Listen: Young Adults Turning 26 Face Health Insurance Cliff

Thank you for your interest in supporting KFF Health News, the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute...

Public Health Further Politicized Under the Threat of More Firings

The Host In a highly unusual White House news conference this week, President Donald Trump — without evidence — boldly blamed the painkiller Tylenol...

AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much...