California contrató a trabajadores de salud comunitarios para zanjar desigualdades, ahora da marcha atrás
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
Estudios demuestran que el trabajo de las promotoras puede reducir las hospitalizaciones, y las visitas a las salas de emergencias y a las clínicas de urgencias.
Por temor a perder la cobertura de Medicaid, padres se apresuran a vacunar a sus hijos
By Jackie Fortiér
A lo largo del país, pediatras dicen que padres ansiosos están preocupados por si continuará habiendo acceso a las vacunas infantiles de rutina.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes
Medicaid may have monopolized Washington’s attention lately, but big changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act as well. Meanwhile, Americans are learning more about what’s in Trump’s big budget law, and polls suggest many don’t like what they see. Julie Appleby of KFF Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews historian Jonathan Oberlander to mark Medicare’s 60th anniversary.
Daily Edition for Thursday, July 24, 2025
Kaiser Permanente To Stop Gender-Affirming Surgeries For Under-19s: The decision by the nonprofit health giant is slated to go into effect Aug. 29. It applies to Kaiser locations nationwide. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle. Plus: Amid the demise of the national LGBTQ+ crisis hotline, details are sparse about California’s promise to help. Read more from The Bay Area Reporter.
Tribal Health Officials Work To Fill Vaccination Gaps as Measles Outbreak Spreads
By Arielle Zionts
Native American tribes and health organizations are hosting clinics and calling patients to counteract low measles vaccination rates and limited access to health care as the disease spreads across the country.
Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
By Bernard J. Wolfson
The GOP’s tax and spending law and a new rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will make it harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act health plans, will raise consumers’ out-of-pocket costs, and could prompt younger, healthier people, including lawfully present immigrants who will lose financial aid, to drop coverage.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 23, 2025
More Than 6 Months After Wildfires, Another Victim Is Found: A 19th victim of the Eaton fire has been found in Altadena, bringing the total death toll to 31. Like all but one of the victims of the Eaton fire, this person died west of North Lake Avenue, which served as a dividing line between those who received evacuation alerts before the flames arrived and those who did not. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Plus: New air pollution monitors are launched to measure the Palisades fire burn.
Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.
By Katheryn Houghton
Illustration by Oona Zenda
Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. This is the story of a Montana man who explains why he said he is breaking the rules to keep his health insurance and his job.
States Pass Privacy Laws To Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices
By Kate Ruder
Colorado, California, and Montana have passed neural data privacy laws meant to prevent the exploitation of brain information collected by consumer products.
