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• KFF Health News: Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care Safety Net

  November 07, 2024: Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposi Read More >

• KFF Health News: Vance Rewrites History About Trump and Obamacare

  October 03, 2024: Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].” -- Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15   Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told view Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Lines of Attack Form Against the Affordable Care Act

  August 22, 2024: The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too much and provide incentive for fraud. Read More >

• KFF Health News: The Concierge Catch – Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many

  July 01, 2024: “You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn’t going to see you anymore.” That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out abou Read More >

• KFF Health News: With Trump Front of Mind, New Hampshire Voters Cite Abortion and Obamacare as Concerns

  January 25, 2024: HANOVER, N.H. — Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a genetic genealogist. But on Tuesday, as she walked out of her polling place at a local high school and into a frigid New England morning, sh Read More >

• KFF Health News: Will the Doctor See You Now? The Health System’s Changing Landscape

  June 30, 2023: Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance film producer in Chicago, doesn’t have a specific primary care doctor, preferring the convenience of visiting a local clinic for flu shots or going online for video visits. “You say wha Read More >

• KFF: As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

  June 08, 2023: More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing paperwork. Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: No-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know.

  April 13, 2023: When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the Affordable Care Act that ensures no-cost preventive care for certain services, such as screening exams for conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis, and Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.

  January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and Read More >

• Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills

  June 16, 2022: When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really don’t have this to spend, Read More >