Find Out How Much Opioid Settlement Cash Your Locality Received
Companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers are paying out more than $50 billion in settlements over nearly two decades. So far, more than $3…
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Biden Admin Implores States to Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees…
Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden…
Anurag Minus Verma: nothing is sacred for the author, podcaster and multimedia artist
When author, podcaster and multimedia artist Anurag Minus Verma recently visited Ashoka University, founded in 2014, he was struck by the contrast in the trajectory of this elite institution…
A ‘Payday Loan’ From a Health Care Behemoth
Alex Shteynshlyuger, a urologist with a practice in New York City, feels surrounded by UnitedHealth Group. He has seen the company gobble up private practices and…
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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health NewsJulie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the…
As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast…
Many People Living in the ‘Diabetes Belt’ Are Plagued With Medical Debt
Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving plant near her home in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and the world around her…
A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.
For support, call Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 or The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386; or text to 678-678.Josie had put off packing long enough. The high school…
Young People Are Having Less Sex Than Their Parents Did at Their Age. Researchers…
Young adults aren’t behaving the way their parents did: They’re not drinking as much, they’re facing more mental health challenges, and they’re living with their parents…
Watch: 5th Circuit Judges Question Two-Decade-Old Approval of Abortion Pill
A three-judge panel comprising Judges James Ho and Cory Wilson, appointed by then-President Donald Trump, and Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, appointed by then-President George…