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- Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiumsby Julie Appleby, KFF Health News on 18/07/2025 at 09:00
Consumers face both rising premiums and falling subsidies next year in Obamacare plans, with insurers seeking increases to cover not only rising costs but also some policy changes advanced by President Donald Trump and the GOP.
- Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.by Elisabeth Rosenthal on 18/07/2025 at 09:00
The No Surprises Act, which was signed in 2020 and took effect in 2022, was heralded as a landmark piece of legislation that would protect people who had health insurance from receiving surprise medical bills. And yet bills that take patients by surprise keep coming.
- KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Nowon 17/07/2025 at 19:25
The Senate narrowly approved the Trump administration’s request to claw back about $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting but refused to cut funding for the international AIDS/HIV program PEPFAR. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled that West Virginia can ban the abortion pill mifepristone, which could allow states to block other FDA-approved drugs. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
- Los Angeles Weighs a Disaster Registry. Disability Advocates Warn Against False Assurances.by Miranda Green on 17/07/2025 at 09:00
Amid increasingly frequent natural disasters, several states have turned to registries to prioritize help for vulnerable residents. But while some politicians see these registries as a potential solution to a public health problem, many disability advocates say they endanger residents with mobility problems by giving a false sense of security.
- Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.by Paula Span on 17/07/2025 at 09:00
Significant numbers of older people have the condition. Many find relief with an effective treatment that is being more widely prescribed.