Trump vowed to end surprise medical bills. The office working on that just got slashed.

by Noam N. Levey, KFF Health News As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump ...

Can Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.

The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Feb.

'Ridiculous': Anger grows as health insurance premiums rise even faster than inflation

Kirk Vartan pays more than $2,000 a month for a high-deductible health insurance plan from Blue Shield on Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace.

‘Human pin cushions’: Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. — Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse — so she could get the pills that made her back feel better.

'Coming for us': Trump has already gone back on one big campaign promise

Abortion foes worried before his election that President Donald Trump had moved on, now that Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion policy, as he said on the campaign trail, “has been returned to the states.

As states diverge on immigration, hospitals say they won’t turn patients away

By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang for KFF Health News California � is advising � health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and ...

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