States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble
States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it鈥檚 not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid cuts loom.
After Chiding Democrats on Transgender Politics, Newsom Vetoes a Key Health Measure
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have expanded access to hormone therapy, a top priority for the trans community. Advocates say it would have ensured continuity in gender-affirming care amid Trump administration attacks. Analysts say it鈥檚 another sign of the Democrat鈥檚 move to the center.
An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: 鈥業鈥檓 Going To Die Alone鈥
As families fracture, people are living longer and are more likely to find themselves without close relatives or friends at the end of their lives.
国产麻豆精品Health News' 'What the Health?': Schr枚dinger鈥檚 Government Shutdown
Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking advantage of the shutdown to lay off workers from programs supported mostly by Democrats. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health insurance analyst Louise Norris about Medicare open enrollment.
It鈥檚 a Bird! It鈥檚 a Plane! It鈥檚 a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS
The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash
In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails To Catch On
California鈥檚 Health Insurance Marketplace Braces for Chaos as Shutdown Persists
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Senators Press Deloitte, Other Contractors on Errors in Medicaid Eligibility Systems
Journalists Dig Into Government Shutdown and Rural Doctor Drought
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Investigation: The Body Shops
Doctors With Troubled聽Pasts Are Performing Cosmetic Surgeries Tied to Crippling Pain and Injury
Some injured patients say they wish they had tried harder to check the backgrounds of doctors and clinics they trusted, but those records are hard to find.