Segregation and lack of access have kept many Black Americans from learning to swim, which raises their risk of drowning.

Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost ...

One school district is requiring unvaxxed schoolchildren exposed to the measles virus to quarantine for 21 days. Meanwhile, for only the second time in 30 years, the number of measles cases nationwide ...

As Politico reports, states will bear the burden of the plan, which includes new work requirements and curbs states’ ability to levy taxes on providers. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will ...

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s ...

The Colorado Sun: Colorado Mental Health Providers Say They Were “Betrayed” By Medicaid Behavioral health providers stepped up to offer new services to fill a gap, but the promise of higher ...

The administration is facing a May 12 deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce laws ...

Meanwhile, Axios reports the FDA is making plans to use AI in its decision-making. Also: President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to bring down the cost of meds.

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Congressional Republicans are looking to cut at least $880 billion from a pool of federal funding that includes Medicaid — ...