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• KFF Health News: Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards

  June 11, 2026: President Donald Trump, who once declared he had “saved” flavored vapes, grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in tobacco giant Philip Morris. He also had holdings in Altria and a third leading tobac Read More >

• KFF Health News: Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.

  June 01, 2026: When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-squar Read More >

• KFF Health News: 3 Medical Routines That Older People May Not Need

  May 29, 2026: Enough time had passed since the patient’s previous colonoscopy that she met the criteria to undergo another, said Steven Itzkowitz, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She was in Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs

  May 18, 2026: President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company. On May 1 Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump Promised Cheaper Drugs. Some Prices Dropped. Many Others Shot Up.

  May 15, 2026: Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated, or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry. No surprise. About 60% of American adults are “w Read More >

• KFF Health News: A New Medicare Option for Weight Loss Drugs – What Older Americans Should Know

  May 06, 2026:   (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Starting in July, Medicare beneficiaries may be able to get a GLP-1 prescription for weight loss for $50 a month. It’s a notable shift for Medicare, which has long Read More >

• KFF Health News: Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish

  April 24, 2026: Leslie Adams’ mother, Shirley, died after developing infected bedsores at Lakeview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, according to a lawsuit he filed. “She had wounds that no one could explain,” he testified. A court awarded Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.

  April 16, 2026: Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering for at least a month before they can gain or retain health insurance through the government Read More >

• KFF Health News: Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?

  April 07, 2026: Family physician Eric Boose has been using an artificial intelligence tool to get back to what he calls “old-fashioned medicine” — talking with patients face-to-face, without having to type into a computer at the same time. Read More >

• KFF Health News: Rising Health Costs Push Some Middle-Aged Adults To Skip the Doc Until Medicare

  March 23, 2026: John Galvin knows he needs a colonoscopy. But he’s waiting to schedule the procedure until December, when he turns 65 and qualifies for Medicare. He was already thinking about delaying it — then his monthly Obamacare insura Read More >