Nov. 21
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: In states without abortion bans, programs are trying to train more types of medical personnel to offer abortion care. Separately, some OB-GYNs are asking pregnant patients to pay for their deliveries in advance.
Nov. 14
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Some Medicaid recipients with opioid use disorder lost access to life-saving treatment during what has been called the “unwinding,” and some doctors are charging extra for mammograms that include a check for signs of heart disease.
Nov. 7
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: DACA recipients can sign up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act for the first time, and some insurers and health care facilities are paying for ride-hailing services to get patients to appointments.
Oct. 31
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Mobile clinics bring rural areas access to long-acting forms of birth control, and doctors say people have developed opioid addiction from drinking tea made with unwashed poppy seeds.
Oct. 24
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Low-wage health care workers struggle with post-traumatic stress from the covid pandemic and living at home alone as you age can be bad for your physical health.
Oct. 17
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Health care companies and the federal government are teaming up to fund hospitals in rural areas, and Florida’s surgeon general is offering misleading guidance about this year’s covid shots.
Oct. 10
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Doctors are seeing more cases of life-threatening high blood pressure in pregnant and postpartum mothers, and new rules will require more adult-size changing tables in public buildings to accommodate people with disabilities.
Oct. 3
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: New data shows that getting a vaccine while pregnant is a good way to protect newborns from covid, and a Trump victory in November’s presidential election could allow more states to create burdensome work requirements for receiving public assistance.
Sept. 26
This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Pediatricians won’t get refunds on all their unused covid vaccines, leaving some parents of children under 3 struggling to find them, and 2023 saw …