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Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom
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Written By: Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
(NATIONAL) Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when...
New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for States
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Written By: Katheryn Houghton and Bram Sable-Smith
(NATIONAL) When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut...
Tribal Health Officials Work To Fill Vaccination Gaps as Measles Outbreak Spreads
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Written By: Arielle Zionts
(NATIONAL) Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it difficult to get to...
The Foster Care System Has a Suicide Problem. Federal Cuts Threaten To Slow Fixes.
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Written By: Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
(NATIONAL) Elliott Hinkle experienced depression and suicidal thoughts even before entering the foster care system in Casper, Wyoming, at age...
Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
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Written By: Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam, and Bernard J. Wolfson
(NATIONAL) President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and...
Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection
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Photo Credit: Katheryn Houhgton/KFF Health News
Written By: Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, and Arielle Zionts
(NATIONAL) Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the...
Trump’s Fast-Tracked Deal for a Copper Mine Heightens Existential Fight for Apache
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Written by: Melissa Bailey
(NATIONAL) Carrying eagle feathers and chanting prayers, Western Apache runners hit the road on a roughly 80-mile journey this month to try to save their...
Trump Restores Title X Funding for Two Anti-Abortion States — While Wiping It Out Elsewhere
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Written By: Rachana Pradhan
(NATIONAL) The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t...
States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
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Photo Courtesy: Maddie McGarvy, KFF Health News
Written By: Sam Whitehead, Phil Galewitz, and Katheryn Houghton
(NATIONAL) For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to...
Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
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Written By: Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker and Careese Jackman, Investigate TV
(NATIONAL) Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic...