From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, When Republicans passed their big budget bill in 2025, they scheduled many of the Medicaid reductions to take effect in 2027, after the 2026 midterm elections. But in anticipation of getting less money from Washington come January…
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, Just days after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who is also a doctor, was ousted in a primary election, he has already begun to separate himself from the agenda of President Donald Trump, who endorsed one of his opponents. Cassidy has half a year left in office and could, in that time, reshape health policy in an administration from which he’s now effectively freed.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Trump administration recently missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya, who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health, has to give up that title, leaving no one at the helm of the nation’s primary public health agency.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, This month marks host Julie Rovner’s 40th anniversary reporting on health policy in Washington. In honor of the occasion, Rovner invited two of her longtime sources to chat about what has, and has not, changed in health policy over the past four decades.
By Martha Bebinger – Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge’s current multiyear research project. Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Department of Health and Human Services is funded for the rest of the fiscal year. But lawmakers remain concerned about whether the Trump administration will spend the money as directed.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The actions of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are having ramifications far beyond immigration. Medical groups say that ICE agents in health facilities in Minneapolis and other cities are imperiling patient care, while in Washington, the backlash from…
From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, As premium payments for Affordable Care Act insurance plans soar and cuts to Medicaid start to affect hospitals and patients, many people in 2026 will need help paying medical bills. And charity care may be a solution.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, Congress appears ready to approve a spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services for the first time in years, minus the dramatic cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, Congress returned from its holiday break to the same question it faced in December: whether to extend covid-era premium subsidies for health plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.
From KFF Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, The Senate is scheduled to vote in the coming days on a Democrat-led plan to extend the temporary additional subsidies that have lowered out-of-pocket costs for Affordable Care Act health plans.
From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, Massive cuts to medical research and Medicaid. Waves of layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services. Ongoing uncertainty around federal subsidies to buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces. 2025 has been a rough year for federal health programs.
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