Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors
By Arielle Zionts
Some doctors and the groups that represent them say physicians’ extensive training leads to better emergency care, and that some hospitals are trying to save money by not hiring them. They support new laws in Indiana, Virginia, and South Carolina that require physicians to be on-site 24/7.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 11, 2025
Newsom Vows To Sue Feds Over ‘Extortion’ Of UCLA: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday blasted Donald Trump’s demand for $1 billion from UCLA in return for millions of dollars in frozen federal research grants, describing the president’s move as an attempt to “silence academic freedom.” Read more from Politico and the Los Angeles Times. Plus, how UCLA's research faculty is coping.
Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos
By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Hannah Norman
Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse.
Inside the CDC, Shooting Adds to Trauma as Workers Describe Projects, Careers in Limbo
By Andy Miller, Healthbeat and Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat
Fired-then-reinstated workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worry about the future of public health amid proposed agency downsizing.
Listen: Regulatory Rollbacks and Federal Layoffs Threaten America’s Food Supply
By Stephanie Armour
The Trump administration’s anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling the system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, say consumer advocates and former employees of the FDA and Department of Agriculture.
A Guide To Finding Insurance at 26
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
It’s a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. Here are some tips for getting started.
California Taps Medicaid To Train and Recruit Behavioral Health Workers
By Christine Mai-Duc
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Daily Edition for Friday, August 8, 2025
To Make Up For Federal Medicaid Cuts, Santa Clara County Aims To Raise Sales Taxes: Santa Clara County supervisors unanimously voted Thursday to add a ballot measure to November’s special election that would increase local sales tax by five-eighth cent (0.625%) for five years to try to backfill some of the projected lost federal revenue due to Medicaid cuts. If approved, it would generate an estimated $330 million a year, a fraction of the roughly $1 billion in estimated loss of federal funding over the next few years. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Even in States That Fought Obamacare, Trump’s New Law Poses Health Consequences
By Daniel Chang and Sam Whitehead
GOP lawmakers in 10 states have refused for a decade to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. But when President Donald Trump got another whack at Obamacare, these holdout states went unrewarded.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Kennedy Cancels Vaccine Funding
The Health and Human Services secretary is winding down nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding, citing false claims that the technology is ineffective against respiratory illnesses — and notching a victory for critics of the covid vaccines. And President Donald Trump is demanding drugmakers drop their prices, quickly, but it’s unclear how he could make them comply. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more.
