The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.
Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.
Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...
Services at risk include: 24/7 care that allows a 39-year-old with cerebral palsy to live independently; the in-home caregiving that lets a 26-year-old with brain damage stay in his family home; and private duty nursing for a 19-year-old with cerebral palsy who has qualified for hospice care.
NEW: Most of the Medicaid cuts passed by congressional Republicans last year don't take effect until after the midterms, but the Trump's signature law is already squeezing state Medicaid programs.
In Idaho, one service on the possible chopping block is home care for people with disabilities.
I’m always for more data. But, be careful using the new Medicaid spending data released by the Trump administration. It’s missing a lot of important details and context.
www.kff.org/medicaid/wha...
Trump wants to deregulate AI, especially in healthcare. Red states and blue states alike, want to curb AI in health insurance. Here's a new battlefield:
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...
My latest, with Lauren Sausser, for @usatoday.com/@kffhealthnews.org
Republicans are hitching themselves to MAHA, hoping it will give an electoral bounce in the midterms.
youtu.be/Vy_5EAqdbHs
Uniformed health workers have been deployed to President Donald Trump’s secretive immigration operation at Guantánamo Bay. They describe a dark prison and limits on medical care.
@amymaxmen.bsky.social investigates ⤵️
President Trump is suggesting here that people could use government subsidies to buy insurance that doesn’t comply with ACA rules, including coverage of pre-existing conditions. That could lower costs for healthy people, but send the ACA marketplace into a death spiral.
If I'm reading Missouri Gov's budget correctly, complying with the One Big Beautiful Bill will cost almost $295 million
Roses are Red,
Violets are clueless,
4 monkeys are on the loose in north St. Louis
Hi Ben, I'm interested in hearing more. Shoot me a note if you're open to chatting: brams@kff.org
NEW: While so much attention is being paid to possible *causes* of autism, states are starting to cut funding on *treatment* for kids who already have it.
I wanted to know why.
Read my latest with @arjonesreports.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Just wait. Gary, Indiana goes all out
so head scratchingly out of left field and unimportant to the plot that I have to wonder if it’s somehow load bearing and the whole incredible film somehow collapses without it
My latest for NPR.
Send us your health care headaches and we'll send our sleuths out to puzzle through it so you don't have to: www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g...
Ready for Halloween!
There are two different KFF numbers about the ACA out there. Both are accurate, but mean different things.
114%: The average increase in out-of-pocket premiums if enhanced tax credits expire.
26%: The average increase in what insurers are charging for benchmark ACA plans.
We estimate the average ACA enrollee will see their out-of-pocket premium increase by 114%. But, it will vary a lot based on age, income, family size, and zip code. I'd be interested in what you're seeing if you're an ACA enrollee and log on to the marketplace. Please reply here.
When is the point of no return for extending ACA tax credits?
They expire 12/31, so that’s a drop dead date.
Open enrollment starts November 1. If they’re not extended by then, enrollees may start dropping out. Even if open enrollment is extended, people could be hard to reach.
KFF bar chart graphic titled "About 4 in 10 Parents Support the MAHA Movement, Including 8 in 10 MAGA Republican Parents." Data shows varying levels of support across different demographics including party ID, race/ethnicity, education, age, and gender. Key insights include higher support among Republicans and lower support among Democrats and Independents. Presented by KFF/The Washington Post, dated July 18-August 4, 2025.
Who are MAHA parents?
The breakdown from our poll with the @washingtonpost.com: on.kff.org/477Oo5L
KFF graphic showing about a quarter (27%) of farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers got health insurance through the individual market in 2023.
KFF analysis finds 27% of farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers got health insurance through the individual market in 2023, which is mostly (over 90%) made up of the ACA Marketplaces.
🔗: https://on.kff.org/46A1Crt
"We are hurting ourselves in North Carolina way ahead of the game, way before we need to do this," NC's former Chief Medical Officer told me.
Reporting w/ @realbrambo.bsky.social for @kffhealthnews.org
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
🚨 "Sick to my stomach."
That's how the researcher who found a link between Tylenol and autism felt when she realized MAHA would link her analysis to vaccines.
My latest exclusive @kffhealthnews.org
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
NEW: Trump's signature legislation is cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid. But even before those cuts hits, states are slashing their programs.
It's already making it harder for one North Carolina mom to find care for her disabled son
w/ @sjtribble-reports.bsky.social
We previously reported that the number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center - known as America's research hospital - declined from February-April.
Since then, I obtained newer data through mid-August. And it's gotten worse. youtube.com/shorts/yT5Vc...
The Trump administration announces it is making "affordable" ACA plans available to certain groups of people, including those who lose eligibility for tax credits slated to expire at the end of the year.
These plans have lower premiums, but deductibles of over $10,000.
www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...
NEW: Feel like you're reading more about hospitals fighting with insurers and even stranding patients out of network?
It's not your imagination. Almost 1 in 5 hospitals had a brawl with an insurer in the past 4 years.
Trump admin cuts mean we're likely to see even more...
Just heard a guy on the beach say “Microsoft Teams.” This is unacceptable.
"It's a crap show"
"People will die"
The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research are causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, which has spearheaded advances against the disease for decades. Me + @arthurallen202.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
