KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

The Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to cover preventive care, including many forms of contraception, ...

The Jan. 28 executive order directs federal regulators to cut insurance coverage for hormonal or surgical treatments that help in young peoples’ gender transitions and cut federal funding for medical ...

Unsure how to help the troubled psychiatric facility, legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental health ...

An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in ...

Rooting Out the Root Cause of the Opioid Crisis. I read with interest your detailed coverage of how states are spending ...

Cigna To Reform Prior Authorization, Provider Services In 2025 The Cigna Group will spend up to $150 million to reform its prior authorization, patient advocacy and provider services this year, CEO ...

A sweeping Trump administration order threw the nation’s health system into disarray Tuesday, as states and the health ...

Controversy over raw milk reflects the push-pull the Trump administration faces in rolling back regulations and offering ...

After two days of Senate committee hearings, four Republicans have declined to commit to approving Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose stance on vaccines remains a hot-button issue even after being presented ...

Telehealth startups including Ro and Nurx are spending millions to promote themselves as easy dispensers of medicines. Some ...

The drug, known as suzetrigine, is the first new painkiller approved in the U.S. since 1998. It can be used to relieve pain after surgery or injury, and some researchers say it might be the start of a ...