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Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants
November 3, 2025·7 min read

Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants

KFF Health News – Read More The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because…

From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs
November 3, 2025·9 min read

From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs

KFF Health News – Read More In the heart of Appalachia, law enforcement is often seen as being on the front line of the addiction crisis.…

Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash
November 3, 2025·7 min read

Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash

KFF Health News – Read More Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the…

Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment
November 1, 2025·2 min read

Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment

KFF Health News – Read More KFF Health News Washington health policy reporter Amanda Seitz discussed Affordable Care Act open enrollment uncertainty on Houston Public Media’s…

The Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
October 31, 2025·7 min read

The Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.

KFF Health News – Read More The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain…

Deal or No Deal? States Prepare for Congress To Act at the Last Minute on Obamacare
October 31, 2025·3 min read

Deal or No Deal? States Prepare for Congress To Act at the Last Minute on Obamacare

KFF Health News – Read More Saturday is the day that nearly 24 million customers can start purchasing health plans on healthcare.gov and the state-run Obamacare exchanges.  Higher prices and uncertainty await many of those shoppers.  Average…

ŌURA and Cigna Healthcare Partner to Redefine Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management
October 31, 2025·2 min read

ŌURA and Cigna Healthcare Partner to Redefine Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Management

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know:  – ŌURA and Cigna Healthcare have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at integrating continuous biometric insights with…

At The Hollow in Florida, the ‘Medical Freedom’ Movement Finds Its Base Camp
October 31, 2025·6 min read

At The Hollow in Florida, the ‘Medical Freedom’ Movement Finds Its Base Camp

KFF Health News – Read More VENICE, Fla. — MAGA and MAHA are happily married in Florida, and nowhere more at home than in Sarasota County,…

A Bite, a Bill, and a Bureaucratic Chill in Winning Halloween Haikus
October 31, 2025·1 min read

A Bite, a Bill, and a Bureaucratic Chill in Winning Halloween Haikus

KFF Health News – Read More Nearly 100 health care-themed haikus crept into our inbox this Halloween. See the winning poems and top runners-up from KFF…

Better Treatments Buoy Multiple-Myeloma Patients, Bound by Research Cuts and Racial Disparities
October 31, 2025·6 min read

Better Treatments Buoy Multiple-Myeloma Patients, Bound by Research Cuts and Racial Disparities

KFF Health News – Read More For more than a year, Diane Hunter, now 72, had been experiencing vague symptoms — pain in her spine and…