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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

Medicaid expansion boosts PrEP access for people at risk of HIV diagnosis

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly increased the number of people at risk of HIV diagnosis who were prescribed preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a preventative medication taken in pill or injectable form, according to Rutgers Health–led research.

17 Nov 2025

Mapping the health hazards of fossil fuel infrastructure

Fossil fuels release pollutants into the air when extracted and burned, but there's more to their production than massive oil rigs diving deep into the Earth and smoky power plants.

17 Nov 2025

Listen: New federal guidelines could weaken consumer protections against medical debt

More than 100 million Americans are estimated to have health care debt. In response, more than a dozen states have instituted laws to keep these unpaid bills off consumer credit reports.

14 Nov 2025

Conflicting advice on covid shots likely to ding already low vaccine rates, experts warn

More than three-quarters of American adults didn't get a covid shot last season, a figure that health care experts warn could rise this year amid new U.S. government recommendations.

14 Nov 2025

What The Health? From KFF Health News: The government is open

The longest federal government shutdown in history is over, after a handful of House and Senate Democrats joined most Republicans in approving legislation that funds the government through January. Despite Democrats' demands, the package did not include an extension of the expanded tax credits that help most Affordable Care Act enrollees afford their plans — meaning most people with ACA plans are slated to pay much more toward their premiums next year.

13 Nov 2025

Financial incentives increase medication adherence but do not improve blood pressure outcomes

People with high blood pressure were twice as likely to take their blood pressure medication regularly when offered daily chances to win cash rewards, yet they did not achieve better blood pressure measurements compared to people who were not offered financial rewards, according to a preliminary late-breaking science presentation today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2025.

11 Nov 2025

Study examines medication adherence in high-risk, low-income populations

People with high blood pressure were twice as likely to take their blood pressure medication regularly when offered daily chances to win cash rewards, yet they did not achieve better blood pressure measurements than people who were not offered financial rewards, a new study shows.

11 Nov 2025

Health care costs jump to the fore as candidates jockey to be California governor

California's gubernatorial election is a year away, and the field of primary candidates is still taking shape. But one persistent issue has already emerged as a leading concern: the cost of health care.

10 Nov 2025

Texas' transitional dialysis program led to significant decline in utilization of emergency dialysis

The cost of emergency dialysis is estimated to be 8-times that of in-center dialysis. A new study reveals that a transitional dialysis program piloted in Travis County (Austin, TX) resulted in a significant decrease in emergency department visits and hospital admissions for emergency dialysis by providing a pathway for outpatient dialysis in uninsured patients.

10 Nov 2025

States make progress in removing barriers to opioid use disorder medications

A new study from Tulane University found that, over the past decade, more states have moved to make it easier for people with opioid use disorder to get potentially life-saving medication.

3 Nov 2025

Trump’s HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants

The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they've together received more than 170,000 names — an “unprecedented” step by the federal government that ensnares the state-federal health program in the president's immigration crackdown.

3 Nov 2025

Sock hops and concerts: How some places spent opioid settlement cash

Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq Soulchild.

3 Nov 2025

Refugees will be among the first to lose food stamps under federal changes

After fleeing the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Antoinette landed in the Atlanta area last November and began to find her footing with federal help.

30 Oct 2025

California faces limits as it directs health facilities to push back on immigration raids

In recent months, federal agents have camped out in the lobby of a Southern California hospital, guarded detained patients — sometimes shackled — in hospital rooms, and chased an immigrant landscaper into a surgical center.

30 Oct 2025

So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family's health care might soon be upended.

29 Oct 2025

A ticking clock: How states are preparing for a last-minute Obamacare deal

One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan's deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year.

28 Oct 2025

UMass Amherst researcher receives $17.9 million to advance jail-based addiction and HIV care

A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has received four grants totaling $17.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue groundbreaking research that implemented and assessed medical treatment programs for incarcerated people with opioid use disorder, as well as develop a new program for HIV prevention and treatment.

27 Oct 2025

Doctors muffled as Florida moves to end decades of childhood vaccination mandates

Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed millions of children. Many critics of the decision, including doctors, are afraid to speak up against it.

27 Oct 2025

Enhancing early diagnosis of developmental delays in Pennsylvania's children

Children who are mistreated at a young age are more likely to experience a wide range of developmental delays and health problems, according to Christian Connell, Ken Young Family Professor in Healthy Children and professor of human development and family studies at Penn State.

24 Oct 2025

Study shows protective effect of Medicaid expansion on early-stage cancer diagnosis

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted health care, including cancer screening and diagnosis, especially for medically underserved populations, leading to substantial underdiagnosis of early-stage cancers in 2020.

24 Oct 2025

Medicaid News and Research

Medicaid expansion boosts PrEP access for people at risk of HIV diagnosis

Mapping the health hazards of fossil fuel infrastructure

Listen: New federal guidelines could weaken consumer protections against medical debt

Conflicting advice on covid shots likely to ding already low vaccine rates, experts warn

What The Health? From KFF Health News: The government is open

Financial incentives increase medication adherence but do not improve blood pressure outcomes

Study examines medication adherence in high-risk, low-income populations

Health care costs jump to the fore as candidates jockey to be California governor

Texas' transitional dialysis program led to significant decline in utilization of emergency dialysis

States make progress in removing barriers to opioid use disorder medications

Trump’s HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants

Sock hops and concerts: How some places spent opioid settlement cash

Refugees will be among the first to lose food stamps under federal changes

California faces limits as it directs health facilities to push back on immigration raids

So your insurance dropped your doctor. Now what?

A ticking clock: How states are preparing for a last-minute Obamacare deal

UMass Amherst researcher receives $17.9 million to advance jail-based addiction and HIV care

Doctors muffled as Florida moves to end decades of childhood vaccination mandates

Enhancing early diagnosis of developmental delays in Pennsylvania's children

Study shows protective effect of Medicaid expansion on early-stage cancer diagnosis

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