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The Trump Administration Is Seeking Federal Workers’ Sensitive Medical Data. That’s Raising Alarms.

About a year ago, I was stationed in downtown D.C. on an especially chilly spring day, watching hundreds of federal employees line up outside their...

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The Trump Administration Is Seeking Federal Workers’ Sensitive Medical Data. That’s Raising Alarms.

About a year ago, I was stationed in downtown D.C. on an especially chilly spring day, watching hundreds of federal employees line up outside their...

Fostering stronger employee connections to nature

In the April edition of Healthy You!, your employees will learn how connecting with nature can boost their well-being. Starting a backyard yoga practice, shopping...

Watch: As AI Makes More Health Coverage Decisions, the Risks to Patients Grow

Darius Tahir and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News This year, executives from nearly every major health insurance company made the same declaration in calls...

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How Medicaid Contractors Stand To Gain From Trump’s Policy

States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill...

Tax Time Brings Surprises for Some Who Receive ACA Subsidies

Tax time can come with big surprises for some people who have Affordable Care Act coverage, including owing money back to the government...

GOP Mulls More Health Cuts

The Host Recent polling finds that health costs are a top worry for much of the American public, while Republicans in Congress are considering...

State-Run Insurance Plans for Foster Kids Leave Some of Them Without Doctors

Ollie Super has moved in and out of cancer treatment since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma as a toddler in foster care. Now...

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act Darkens Outlook for Government-Backed Clinics

Bluestem Health, a clinic that serves low-income and uninsured patients in Lincoln, Nebraska, has lost money for the last two years. And CEO Brad...

Readers Sound Off on NIH Staff Cuts, Work Requirements, and More

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full...

Trump’s Hunt for Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators

Last August, as part of the federal government’s crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of...

States Pay Deloitte, Others Millions To Comply With Trump Law To Cut Medicaid Rolls

Samantha Liss and Rachana Pradhan States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the...

She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. A teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who...

Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls

Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming...

Steep Health Care Costs Steer Americans to Tough Decisions

Dan Weissmann Health insurance is out of reach for millions of Americans this year. Many are making difficult decisions about how to pay for...

Even With Dental Insurance, You Still Could Face a Large Bill

Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Katherine Ruppelt, Nashville Public Radio LISTEN: Your dental insurance might not cover what you expect. Russell...