Readers Balk at ‘Gold Standard’ of Autism Treatment
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Physician-Journalist Shines Light on Measles Upsurge and New GLP-1 Study
51视频 Health News’ editor-at-large for public health recently took to the airwaves to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of her appearances.
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Native American Leaders Target High Maternal Mortality in Indian Country
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How Is Your County Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? Our New Tool Follows the Money.
Lifesaving or wasteful? Opinion is divided on the ways local communities are using opioid settlement funds. Survivors of the overdose crisis and families who鈥檝e lost loved ones to it are raising alarms about what some perceive as wasteful spending.
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As Insurance Prices Rise, Families Puzzle Over Options
Millions of middle-class Americans who have Affordable Care Act marketplace plans are facing soaring premium payments in 2026. Some people are contemplating big life changes to deal with new rates that kicked in on Jan. 1.
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Culture Wars Take Center Stage
With lawmakers still mired over renewing enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans, much of Washington has turned to culture war issues. Meanwhile, 鈥渃onfusion鈥 remains the watchword at HHS as personnel and funding decisions continue to be made and unmade with little notice. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 51视频 Health News鈥 Elisabeth Rosenthal, who wrote the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 report.
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Kaiser Permanente To Pay $556 Million in Record Medicare Advantage Fraud Settlement
Kaiser Permanente agrees to pay $556 million to settle allegations of billing the government for conditions patients didn鈥檛 have.
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Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend.
Native American women face higher rates of death than other demographics. In response, Native Americans have been working with state and federal officials to boost tribal participation and leadership in maternal mortality review committees to better track and address pregnancy-related deaths.
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GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of Largest Public Health Plan
Martha Santana-Chin, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, last year took the helm of L.A. Care, the nation鈥檚 largest publicly operated health plan. She warns that looming federal cuts will push up to 650,000 people off L.A. Care鈥檚 Medicaid rolls by the end of 2028.
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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
Many shots seem to have 鈥渙ff-target鈥 benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found.
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States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judged the 鈥渜uality鈥 of their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing “Make America Healthy Again” initiatives.
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This California Strategy Safeguarded Some Medicaid Social Services Funding From Trump
Programs like Jamboree Housing Corp. have leveraged Medi-Cal funding to offer residents access to social services that experts say are key to keeping them off the streets. California intends to keep it that way, despite federal cuts.
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RFK Jr.鈥檚 MAHA Movement Has Picked Up Steam in Statehouses. Here鈥檚 What To Expect in 2026.
鈥淢ake America Healthy Again鈥 policies driven by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made major strides in state legislatures, with food additives among the most common targets. The trend is expected to continue this year.
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鈥楢bortion as Homicide鈥 Debate in South Carolina Exposes GOP Rift as States Weigh New Restrictions
A proposed abortion ban in South Carolina would have allowed the criminal prosecution of women who obtain the procedure. It鈥檚 unlikely to become law, but this bill and other proposals across the country show how some conservative lawmakers are embracing increasingly punitive abortion restrictions.
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Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans. They鈥檙e Looking for a Plan B.
An estimated 4.8 million people are expected to go without health coverage because Congress did not extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. But even without a health plan, people will need medical care in 2026. Many of them have been thinking through their plan B to maintain their health.
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Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding
51视频 Health News journalists made the rounds on local and regional media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Vaccines Jettisoned by CDC Safeguarded Millions From Disease
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California Ends Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Despite TrumpRx Plan
Low-income Californians who use Wegovy and similar medications for weight loss lost their coverage at the start of the new year, with officials advising diet and exercise instead. California and other states say the drugs are too costly, even as the Trump administration announces plans to lower prices.
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Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. Center Becomes 鈥楻adical鈥 Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
Located in the Lower 9th Ward, this abandoned building has become a community sanctuary and resource.
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New Year, Same Health Fight
Congress returned from its break facing a familiar question: whether to extend the expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans that expired at the end of 2025. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke a promise to Bill Cassidy, the chairman of Senate health committee, by overhauling the federal government鈥檚 childhood vaccine schedule to reduce the number of diseases for which vaccines will be recommended. Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.
