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

Its elements include inappropriate endearments. “Elderspeak can be controlling, kind of bossy, so to soften that message ...

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s ...

Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost ...

In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of ...

Citizen oversight is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy,” Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to Health and Human Services ...

On the surface, President Donald Trump embraced the MAHA movement with a pledge to end the nation’s high rates of chronic ...

Congressional Republicans are looking to cut at least $880 billion from a pool of federal funding that includes Medicaid — ...

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in Mississippi, and researchers warn of a resurgence ...

Although most abortions remain illegal in Alabama, a judge’s decision in early April allows doctors and advocacy groups to ...

When a New York physician was indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the ...