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For California Farmworkers, Telehealth Visits With Mexican Doctors Fill a Gap

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04 February 2025
The MiSalud app enables Spanish-speaking users in the U.S. to meet virtually with health professionals in Mexico via a smartphone app. At Taylor Farms in Salinas, California, the novel program has been a hit.

Indiana Governor Appoints Business Leader To Shake Up Health Care

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04 February 2025
Gloria Sachdev, a pharmacist by training, has spent years taking on the health care establishment in Indiana, working to pull down high hospital prices and make information public to patients. Now, in a newly created position in the governor’s Cabinet, she’s no longer fighting from the outside.

Strike Us in the Heart: Send In Your Health Policy Valentines

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03 February 2025
Make us swoon by sending us your sweetest “health policy valentines.” Submissions will be judged by an esteemed panel of experts. We’ll share favorites on our social media channels, and tenderhearted members of our staff will pick the winners, announced on Friday, Feb. 14.

Little Tracking, Wide Variability Permeate the Teams Tasked With Stopping School Shootings

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03 February 2025
Several states require schools to assemble teams of law enforcement and education officials to identify students who could become mass shooters and intervene before it’s too late. But some experts say the efforts often face a lack of guidance and significant pressure, putting them at risk of maligning innocent students.

Across the South, Rural Health Care Has Become ‘Trendy.’ Medicaid Expansion Has Not.

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03 February 2025
State legislatures nationwide, including several in the South, are spending millions to improve rural health outcomes and access. For years, though, most Southern states have refused billions of federal dollars to provide public health insurance to more low-income adults. That isn’t likely to change with Trump back in office.

Journalists Analyze Issues of the Day: RFK Jr., Bird Flu, L.A. Fires

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01 February 2025
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

At His HHS Job Interview, RFK Jr. Stumbles Over Health Policy Basics 

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31 January 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist President Donald Trump nominated to lead the nation’s top health agency, did little to win over his critics at two Senate confirmation hearings this week.  Democrats argued he’s not qualified for the job. And by botching answers to basic questions about health policy, Kennedy supplied some evidence.  It’s […]

Most Insurance Covers IUDs. Hers Cost More Than $14,000.

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31 January 2025
The Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to cover preventive care, including many forms of contraception, without cost to patients — but not if they’re “grandfathered” plans, which predate the law.

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