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1 in 4 Covered California Enrollees Could Get State Aid Under Newsom Proposal

When Congress allowed covid-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs...

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1 in 4 Covered California Enrollees Could Get State Aid Under Newsom Proposal

When Congress allowed covid-era subsidies for health insurance to expire, California used its own funds to offset the hike in Obamacare premium costs...

The Drip, Drip, Drip of Declining Coverage

The Host When Congress failed to extend the covid-era enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, many experts predicted millions of people would lose...

Millions of Kids Could Lose Insurance as GOP Healthcare Cuts Start To Bite

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Florida Hasn’t Expanded Medicaid. Lawmakers Want To Add Work Requirements Anyway.

In states that have long refused to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, people in the program aren’t subject to new rules under...

Journalists Explain a Spat Over Sugary Coffee and How Measles Fools Doctors

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed excited delirium on Vox Media Podcast Network’s Criminal on March 6. Click here to hear...

40 Years of Health Policy

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...

Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach

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

Hasta los pacientes se sorprenden por los precios que sus aseguradoras están dispuestas a pagar, un costo que al final pagamos todos

Samantha Smith, de Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, entró al quirófano para la extracción de emergencia de un embarazo ectópico. “Estoy agradecida de no haber muerto”,...

Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us

Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she...

Your guide to early retirement health insurance options

If you’re retiring before age 65 and your employer doesn’t offer...

Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.

Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about...

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...

How IBX social workers help our Medicare Advantage members

When life gets complicated, getting your needs met can feel overwhelming. That’s where social workers come in. They are caring professionals who help...