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Trump administration officials say the policy would promote âimmigrant self-sufficiency and protect finite resources.â Critics say it could have serious public health consequences.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
The controversy over the death toll from Hurricane Maria continues as the president tweets that the official estimate adopted by territory officials is a political ploy.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about the Food and Drug Administrationâs latest actions to address teenagersâ use of e-cigarettes, Arkansasâ Medicaid work requirements and news about the uninsured from the latest federal Census report.
The Census Bureau reports that the nationâs uninsurance rate was 8.8 percent in 2017 but notes that the rate did increase in 14 states.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Politico talk about the latest court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, nomination hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and news from the reproductive health front. Plus, Rovner interviews Chad Terhune about the latest KHN/NPR âBill of the Monthâ installment.
Oral arguments got underway in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday in the lawsuit brought by 20 Republican states seeking to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The Golden State, with the rare support of the Trump administration, is seeking to circumvent a court order that would require cancer warnings in every establishment that sells a hot cup of Joe.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
The Group Insurance Board reversed a decision made last year to bar coverage of transgender hormone therapy and surgery for public workers.
Shepherd Smith, a strong supporter of abstinence-only sex education for AIDS, has been close to the new director of the CDC for decades. This connection is just one example of the "new in crowd" surrounding the Trump administration, where politics and religion mix.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about a spate of lawsuits involving the Affordable Care Act, as well as the latest in state and federal efforts regarding the Medicaid program for the poor.
Even as it chips away at Obamacare, the Trump administration is solidly behind state-based initiatives to cover high-cost patients, known as âreinsuranceâ programs. It approved two more last month.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Instead of waiting for congressional action, federal regulators are looking at a series of actions to spur competition and drive down the cost of medicines.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about the latest Trump administration efforts to address high drug prices, whatâs next for short-term health insurance plans and insider trading charges against a New York GOP congressman.
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Under the Trump administration's new rule, these plans can now last as long as 12 months â instead of the Obama-era 90-day limit â and be renewed for two additional years. Critics say these changes are part of another swipe at the Affordable Care Act.
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