- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’tJune 12, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory […]
- ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Sayby Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez June 12, 2025
Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs. Researchers say the financial […]
- Listen: With Vital Health Research Defunded, Who’s Losing Out? by Rae Ellen Bichell June 12, 2025
From Florida to California, National Institutes of Health grant cuts have halted research studies on HIV, vaccines, and health equity — affecting red and […]
- Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’June 12, 2025
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
- Four Ways Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Undermine Access to Obamacareby Julie Appleby, KFF Health News June 11, 2025
The combination of the House-passed spending and tax bill and the Trump administration’s regulatory action could change Affordable Care Act enrollment and […]
- What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?by Louis Jacobs, PolitiFact June 11, 2025
The vast majority of improper payments stem from documentation mistakes and do not fit the definition of waste, fraud, or abuse. They also typically stem from […]
- Watch: RFK Jr. Dismisses All 17 Members of Vaccine Advisory CommitteeJune 10, 2025
KFF Health News’ Céline Gounder joined CBS Evening News to discuss the unprecedented move by the Health and Human Services secretary.
- Echoing 2020, Police Use Rubber Bullets Against Protesters in Los AngelesJune 10, 2025
“Less lethal” weapons are once again being used in Los Angeles — against people protesting the Trump administration’s immigration raids. With terms […]
- Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’June 10, 2025
“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
- As Federal Health Grants Shrink, Memory Cafes Help Dementia Patients and Their Caregiversby Lydia McFarlane, WVIA June 10, 2025
Memory cafes are small social gatherings for individuals with memory loss and their caregivers. The events are cheap to run and can offer measurable benefits. […]