Fate of Black maternal health programs is unclear amid federal cuts

By Ronni Cohen Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in a San Jose

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Reproductive health vending machine to open soon in New Orleans

By Arielle Robinson Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) – Several local reproductive justice organizations have teamed up to open a vending machine in New Orleans that will carry

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The House Speaker’s eyeing big cuts to Medicaid. In his Louisiana District, it’s a lifeline.
By Phil Galewitz Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952, officials were banking ... DEI undoing undermines hard-won accommodations for disabled people
By Stephanie Armour Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — For years, White House press conferences included sign language interpreters for the deaf. Trump says he’ll stop health care fraudsters Last time, he let them walk
By Brett Kelman Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison ... With largest-ever Medicaid cuts, 79 million Americans face health care loss
By Selen Ozturk Contributing Writer (American Community Media) — The budget resolution to slash at least $880 billion through 2034 in health care and nutrition programs was proposed to the U.S. House ... Many people with disabilities risk losing their medicaid if they work too much
By Tony Levs Contributing writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Zach Mecham has heard politicians demand that Medicaid recipients work or lose their benefits. He also has run into a jumble of Medicaid rules that ... Amid plummeting diversity at Medical Schools, a warning of DEI crackdown’s ‘chilling effect’
By Annie Sciacca Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — The Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where ... Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root
By Tim Henderson Contributing Writer (Special from Stateline) — As vaccine skepticism gains a greater foothold in the Trump administration and some statehouses, some Americans may already be paying the price, with ... Louisiana spent $2.4B to improve Medicaid
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana spent nearly $2.4 billion over five years on hospital programs meant to improve health care outcomes for people in the Medicaid program. Yet hundreds ...
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