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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The State of the Affordable Care Act

Nov. 1 marked the start of open enrollment for 2026 health plans bought from Affordable Care Act marketplaces in most states. But this sign-up season is like no other in the health law’s 15-year ... Read More

A record number of Americans are anxious about health care costs going into next year

The West Health-Gallup survey finds almost half of adults say they’re worried they won’t be able to afford health care in 2026. Read More

Health centers face risks as government funding lapses

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their ... Read More

What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Government Is Open

The record-long federal shutdown is over after a small group of Democrats agreed to a deal with most Republicans that funds the government through January — but, notably, does not extend more generous ... Read More

Public health defends its time-tested approach against the rise of MAHA

Public health leaders convene in Washington, D.C. this week to defend their vision for America's health, and look ahead for how to rebuild after the Trump administration's attacks on the system. Read More

Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department to mark National Rural Health Day

The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department will celebrate National Rural Health Day on Thursday. Since 2011, this annual observance – founded and coordinated by the National Organization of State Offices ... Read More

American trust in health agencies is falling

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ... Read More

Health officials confirm 1st locally acquired case of chikungunya in US in 6 years

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) – A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness ... Read More

States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump's Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

Washington — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, ... Read More

In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake Providence, was once a thriving agricultural hub of the ... Read More

UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center mental health services help patient through treatment and into remission

MADISON (WKOW) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and one patient is thanking UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center for their support during her treatment. April Premo was planning to start a ... Read More

New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of NC law could upend how health care facilities are regulated

Ophthalmologist Jay Singleton is challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's certificate of need statute. Read More