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States Pay Deloitte, Others Millions To Comply With Trump Law To Cut Medicaid Rolls
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (1658+ words) States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act " a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on…...
Trump’s Hunt for Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (779+ words) This story also ran on States Newsroom. It can be republished for free. By Phil Galewitz March 31, 2026 Last August, as part of the federal government's crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of…...
She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1169+ words) Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. This story also ran on The Washington Post. It can be republished for free. Do you have a confusing or outrageous medical bill you want to share? Tell…...
Inside the High-Stakes Corporate Fight Over Feeding Preterm Babies
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1694+ words) This story also ran on USA Today. It can be republished for free. By David Hilzenrath March 30, 2026 In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company's profits and the lives of some of…...
Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1342+ words) By Aaron Bolton, MTPR and Arielle Zionts March 27, 2026 BIG SANDY, Mont. " The emergency department at Big Sandy Medical Center is one room with a single curtain between two beds. It's one of the many parts of the 25-bed rural hospital…...
Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (850+ words) This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free. By Julie Appleby March 27, 2026 Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration…...
A Headless CDC
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (321+ words) The Trump administration this week missed a deadline to nominate a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Without a nominee, current acting Director Jay Bhattacharya " who is also the director of the National Institutes of Health…...
'The Very Sore Caterpillar?"
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (68+ words) By Dan Rosandich March 26, 2026 Used with the permission of Dan Rosandich and'CartoonStock. Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health CDC's Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment Demoralized CDC Workforce…...
Taking a GLP-1? Doctors Say Not To Forget About Movement and Mental Health
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (389+ words) This story also ran on WPLN. It can be republished for free. By Emily Siner, Nashville Public Radio and Cara Anthony and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio March 26, 2026 LISTEN: Taking a GLP-1? Doctors say don't forget to move your body…...
CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (817+ words) President Donald Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told agency employees at a Wednesday staff meeting. According to a recording obtained…...