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• House Budget Committee Holds Field Hearing on Fiscal Commission Legislation

  September 25, 2026: On Monday, members of the House Budget Committee held a field hearing entitled “America's Fiscal Future: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission” at the Old Parkland business campus in Dallas, Texas. Led by Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (TX)...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Nursing Home Beds Are Becoming More Scarce

  September 23, 2026: The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it further. Another ArchCar...Read more >

• KFF Health News: 3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing

  September 17, 2026: The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it’s less effective for older patients than previously thought, or that its risks outweigh its benefits in older adults. More studies follo...Read more >

• KFF Health News: When a Friend Becomes a Caregiver

  September 10, 2026: (Maskot/Getty Images) For several years, Nicole Straight and Patricia Wood, who lived across the street from each other in Sausalito, California, were more neighbors than friends, exchanging sociable greetings and occasionally having coffee. Then...Read more >

• KFF Health News: The Medicare GLP-1 Discount Has One Big Catch: Some Sick Patients Don’t Qualify

  August 25, 2026: In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound, but he couldn’t afford the $750 monthly price tag. (Erica S. Lee for KFF Health News) In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: You Want To Join a Clinical Trial. Here’s What To Know About the Hurdles.

  August 19, 2026: (DigitalVision/Getty Images) Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially thorny factors, including geographic incompatibility, and financial and time considerat...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning to Lucrative Lasers.

  August 19, 2026: (E+/Getty Images) Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision. She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two surgeries last year be...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution

  August 11, 2026: (Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to...Read more >

• KFF Health News: People With Disabilities Fear Service Cuts as Trump’s DOJ Questions Legal Protections

  August 03, 2026: Amanda DeSimone-Shabrack relies on a home healthcare aide to help her high-needs autistic 12-year-old son. Virginia’s Medicaid program covers the assistance, enabling her to work as both an education technology specialist and a professor, run erran...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

  July 30, 2026: One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the...Read more >