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Harris’ Emphasis on Maternal Health Care Is Paying Dividends With Black Women Voters
Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, galvanized in part by her work on health care issues such as maternal mortality, reproductive rights, and gun control.
The enthusiasm may…
Aspirantes demócratas culpan a los republicanos en las bancas por sus antecedentes antiaborto en el…
En un anuncio de campaña este mes, Derek Tran, un demócrata del condado de Orange, California, criticó a su oponente, la representante republicana Michelle Steel, por apoyar una prohibición nacional del aborto y votar para…
How Minnesota Figures Into the Presidential Politics of Insulin Prices
In June 2019, Lija Greenseid handed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz an empty vial of insulin that her 13-year-old daughter had painted gold.
Greenseid’s daughter has Type 1 diabetes, which means she requires daily injections of…
Get Your BOO On! Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus
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Boo! We scared you. Now it’s your turn to give our newsroom a scare. Submissions are now open for KFF Health News’ sixth annual Halloween…
The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments to private Medicare Advantage health insurance plans, which were siphoning off billions of tax dollars every year.
But…
California Voters Consider Tough Love for Repeat Drug Offenders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters are considering whether to roll back some of the criminal justice reforms enacted a decade ago as concerns about mass incarceration give way to public anger over property crime and a…
Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20.
Click here to watch Anthony on “America’s Heroes Group”
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Democratic Hopefuls Fault GOP Incumbents for Anti-Abortion Records in Congress
In a campaign ad this month, Derek Tran, a Democrat from Orange County, California, blasted his opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel, for supporting a national abortion ban and voting to limit access to birth control.…
A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals
There’s a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains.
Friends and neighbors in the oil- and gas-rich community “take their morning coffee and pull up” to watch…
Keep the Conversation Going: Share Your ‘Silence in Sikeston’ Feedback With Us
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