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Gavin Newsom, Early Champion of Single-Payer, Moderates in the Face of Fiscal Limits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize...

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Gavin Newsom, Early Champion of Single-Payer, Moderates in the Face of Fiscal Limits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to consider how to realize...

Montana Moves Ahead With Doula Pay but Warns Medicaid Cuts Still May Come

Montana officials said they are moving forward with plans to allow Medicaid to pay doulas, reversing a previous statement that budget problems had...

They’re in Remission, but Their Medical Bills Aren’t: Cancer Survivors Navigate Soaring Costs

Nearly four years after doctors declared Marielle Santos McLeod free of colon cancer, she has yet to feel liberated from the burden of...

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Rethinking retiree health benefits: Why education matters

Employers and consultants are navigating one of the most complex benefit environments we’ve seen in decades. Retiree health coverage, in particular, sits at...

Listen: Cheap Health Insurance Isn’t Always Cheap

By Jackie Fortiér April 21, 2026 Article HTML Jackie Fortiér High-deductible plans can look like a deal, until the bills start rolling in. On this episode of...

Democrats Demand Trump Administration Halt Plan To Collect Federal Workers’ Health Data

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, as...

Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas’ Pay

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Listen: With Little Federal Regulation, States Are Left To Shape the Rules on AI in Health Care

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New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.

Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering...

Medi-Cal Immigrant Enrollment Is Dropping. Researchers Point to Trump’s Policies.

For months, a cloud of fear has hovered over the immigrant community in San Bernardino, California, making it hard for María González to...

Los estados se enfrentan a otro reto con las nuevas reglas laborales de Medicaid: la falta de personal

Katie Crouch dice que llamar a la agencia de Medicaid de su estado para obtener información sobre sus beneficios parece un callejón sin...

Cómo hacer que un plan de salud con deducible alto funcione para tí

Cuando los subsidios federales mejorados expiraron a fines de 2025, muchas personas que compraban su propio seguro de salud en los mercados estatales...

How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You

Jackie Fortiér and Oona Zenda Ilustrations by Oona Zenda An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear...

Rovner Recaps Medicaid Cuts’ Impact on Hospitals and Fields Caller Questions on Affordability

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts on WAMU’s 1A on April 7. She also discussed health care affordability...

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...