Winning a Two-Year Fight Over a Bogus Bill
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Medi-Cal Under Threat: Whoās Covered and What Could Be Cut?
Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, including California, are far more generous than whatās required. Budget pressures may force lawmakers to cut benefits that have led to a historic low in the uninsured rate.
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Watch: Why Insurance Companies Are Denying Coverage for Prosthetic Limbs
Although knee replacements are usually covered by health insurance, amputees face roadblocks to coverage and often must prove their prosthetics are medically necessary.
On Autism, Itās the Secretaryās Word vs. the CDCās
Episode 393Tensions between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his employees at the Department of Health and Human Services are mounting, as he made a series of claims about autism this week ā contradicting his agencyās findings. Plus, President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order to lower drug prices as his administration explores tariffs that could raise them. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more. Plus, Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner interviews two University of California-San Francisco researchers about an upcoming Supreme Court case that could have major ramifications for preventive care.
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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.ās NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump
A Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News analysis underscores how the terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically. Of the organizations that had grants cut in the first month, about 40% are in states President Donald Trump won in November.
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In Rural Massachusetts, Patients and Physicians Weigh Trade-Offs of Concierge Medicine
A stressed primary care system has led many doctors to start practices that charge membership fees in exchange for shorter waits and longer appointments. Observers say the doctor shortage needs a more systemic fix.
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Families of Transgender Youth No Longer View Colorado as a Haven for Gender-Affirming Care
Colorado was long considered a haven for gender-affirming care. But under this Trump administration, hospitals in the state have limited the treatments available for people under 19. Some services have been restored, but trans youth and their families say the state isnāt the rock they thought it was.
The Dismantling of HHS
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Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. The reliance on outdated technology and piecemeal systems challenge staffs and erode patient care.
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The House Speakerās Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, Itās a Lifeline.
The GOP-controlled Congress is weighing cuts to Medicaid, the government health program that covers millions of Americans ā including nearly 40% of Louisianans represented in the House by Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price.
Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administrationās anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand.
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DOGE Job Cuts Hit Federal Workersā Finances and Mental Health
President Donald Trumpās rapid downsizing of the federal government and attacks on the character of public workers have taken a toll on the mental health of some employees. Thatās been felt especially in Washington, D.C., where nearly 50,000 people work for the federal government.
American Health Gets a Pink Slip
Episode 391The Department of Health and Human Services underwent an unprecedented purge this week, as thousands of employees from the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other agencies were fired, placed on administrative leave, or offered transfers to far-flung Indian Health Service facilities. Altogether, the layoffs mean the federal government, in a single day, shed hundreds if not thousands of combined years of health and science expertise. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Bloomberg News, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss this enormous breaking story and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Appleby, who reported and wrote the latest āBill of the Monthā feature about a short-term health plan and a very expensive colonoscopy.
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āIf They Cut Too Much, People Will Dieā: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding
As House Republicans mull a massive $880 billion cut from federal programs likely including Medicaid, constituents, disability advocates, and health care providers are joining forces to lobby GOP members in California ā including those who represent rural, deeply conservative pockets that stand to lose the most.
The Ax Falls at HHS
Episode 390Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a proposed reorganization for the department ā which, counting those who already have left the agency, amounts to about a 25% cut in its workforce. And its planned āAdministration for a Healthy Americaā will collapse several existing HHS agencies into one. Meanwhile, the department continues to cut billions in health spending while the nation faces measles outbreaks in several states and the continuing possibility of another pandemic, such as bird flu. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss the news.
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With Few Dentists and Fluoride Under Siege, Rural America Risks New Surge of Tooth Decay
The anti-fluoride movement has more momentum than ever. In rural counties with few dentists, tooth decay could surge to levels that have not been seen in decades, experts warn.
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Current, Former CDC Staff Warn Against Slashing Support to Local Public Health Departments
Public health and science researchers are concerned about the Trump administrationās cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reductions in staff and budgets could undermine the nationās ability to respond to threats, they say.
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Workers Prep To Meet ICE Officials at the Health Clinic Door
Recent arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in northern Virginia have put immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area on alert. Health clinics that serve those communities say they are working to continue to care for patients amid detention and arrest fears.
Federal Health Work in Flux
Episode 389Itās the Trump administration vs. the federal courts, as the Department of Government Efficiency continues to try to cancel federal contracts and programs and fire workers. But in the haste to cut things, jobs and programs are being eliminated even if they align with the new administrationās goal to āMake America Healthy Again.ā Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Watch: The Dr. Oz Show Comes to Congress
The Senate Finance Committee questioned Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trumpās nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News reporters discussed the biggest takeaways from the hearing.