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2025年1月23日 · California and Massachusetts are teaching immigrants their rights while Florida and Texas are collecting patients’ immigration status. As states offer differing guidelines for interacting with immigrant patients, hospitals around the U.S. say they won’t turn people away for care because of their immigration status.

19 小时之前 · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services are happening Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, and KFF Health News reporters will be watching as the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ask Kennedy about everything from vaccines to abortion to Medicaid.

1 天前 · On Immunity for Vaccine Makers. When discussing vaccination in general (“Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping,” Jan. 16), please address the federal legislation surrounding this topic. According to 42 U.S. Code § 300aa–22, vaccine producers have immunity in civil court.

3 天之前 · Summaries Of The News: After Roe V. Wade US Halts Funding To Foreign Groups That Provide Abortion Services The "Mexico City Rule," long championed by Republicans, also withdraws funding from organizations that counsel or advocate such services.

Jan. 9. This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Small interventions at the doctor’s office, such as removing a splinter, can be billed as surgeries, and billing problems with the Indian Health Service are leaving Native American communities with significantly higher medical debt than the national average.

2025年1月2日 · Summaries Of The News: Health Care Costs Inflation Reduction Act Spending Cap For Medicare Is Now In Effect Meanwhile, drugmakers are expected to raise prices on over 250 medications in the new year; rules for hospital price transparency are updated; and more.

6 天之前 · Stay tuned for our new weekly edition, The Week in Brief, coming today.Each Friday, we’ll give you a fresh take on one of our top stories. Plus, we’ll recap our social media coverage and our award-winning KFF Health News journalism.

In these dire times for the news industry, the birth of a news organization is a rare bright spot. We hope KFF Health News will make a vital contribution by covering health care policy and politics, as well as trends in the industry and delivery of care. With …

KFF Health News Leadership. Alex Wayne, Executive Editor, previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act.In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about the coronavirus’ infiltration of Trump’s White House that won the Gerald R. Ford ...