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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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ACA Subsidies Expired. Open Enrollment Ended. But It Will Still Take Awhile To Register the Results.

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News It’s February, so open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is over. We’re getting the first glimpses of how sign-ups are shaking out after the expiration of enhanced subsidies that helped most people...

Health Care Heartaches: Your Winning Health Policy Valentines

By KFF Health News Staff Illustration by Oona Zenda February 13, 2026 Article HTML KFF Health News Staff and Oona Zenda Illustration by Oona Zenda Health policy has never...

Trump Team’s Planned ACA Rule Offers Its Answer to Rising Premium Costs: Catastrophic Coverage

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping set of regulatory proposals that would substantially change health plan offerings on the Affordable Care Act...

What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Flu Vax? FDA Says No Thanks

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news...

Marketplace enrollees face return of the ‘subsidy cliff’ in 2026

It’s happened. Congress has not extended enhanced Marketplace subsidies that have...

End of Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Puts Tribal Health Lifeline at Risk

Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near...

New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard

Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her...

Obamacare: el impacto de los costos en las inscripciones no se conocerá hasta dentro de varios meses

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Más personas de las que se esperaba se inscribieron este año en los planes de seguro médico de la...

Obamacare Sign-Ups Drop, but the Extent Won’t Be Clear for Months

More Americans than expected enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for this year, after premium subsidies were dramatically cut — but...

Journalists Describe Drivers of High Health Costs and Spell Out the Science of Protein

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

Encouraging employees to make heart-healthy decisions

February is all about matters of the heart. This month’s issue of Healthy You! can help your employees focus on keeping their hearts healthy. They’ll...

Newsom Tries To Thread Needle on Immigrant Health as Ambitions Turn National

As Gov. Gavin Newsom spars with President Donald Trump and courts national attention for a potential presidential bid, at home he’s catching flak from the left and the right on health care.  The California Democrat came into office...