December 05, 2025

Fancy Gadgets, Higher Bills: HSA Era

Republican proposals to expand health savings accounts amid expiring ACA subsidies outline potential shifts in coverage costs and limitations in how patients may use HSA funds.

KFF Health News

December 04, 2025

HPV Testing Shift: New Screening Guidance

The American Cancer Society’s updated cervical cancer screening guideline introduces FDA-approved self-collected HPV testing and clearer exit criteria.

Conexiant

December 03, 2025

Are New Incentives Boosting Births?

A report on recent federal pronatalist policy initiatives, proposed IVF access measures, and associated government actions involving women’s and children’s health programs in the US.

KFF Health News

December 01, 2025

Three Keys to Closing the Communication Gap

New ACOG statement outlines relationship-centered strategies to build trust and improve outcomes, particularly for marginalized patients.

Conexiant

November 18, 2025

‘Designed to Scare People’? New Contraception Data

Hormonal contraception shows overall safety with a modest, short-term rise in breast cancer risk.

KFF Health News

October 28, 2025

Fewer Loans: Fewer Doctors?

Changes to federal student loan policy reintroduce borrowing caps for graduate and professional education, impacting how future physicians finance medical training.

KFF Health News

October 28, 2025

Insurance Shake-Up: Who Loses Out?

Families nationwide face rising health insurance costs as Affordable Care Act subsidies near expiration, with premiums and deductibles projected to increase amid congressional inaction.

KFF Health News

July 31, 2025

‘Victim-Blaming’ in Public Health?

As Trump’s health officials push personal responsibility, critics warn their rhetoric blames patients, shapes policy, and risks deepening health inequalities.

KFF Health News

August 11, 2025

CDC Shooting Deepens Crisis in HIV Prevention

CDC workers describe stalled HIV prevention projects, morale collapse, and heightened safety fears after budget cuts, layoffs, and a deadly shooting at agency headquarters.

KFF Health News