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As more Americans embrace anxiety treatment, MAHA derides medications

Press Telegram 24 Feb 2026
KFF Health News ... (Jackie Molloy for KFF Health News) ... KFF Health News’ Holly Hacker, Maia Rosenfeld, and Lydia Zuraw contributed to this report. KFF Health News is a national ... Learn more about KFF.
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Trump required hospitals to post their prices for patients. Mostly it’s the industry using the data

The Keene Sentinel 24 Feb 2026
Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of reducing costs. After some GOP lawmakers closed out 2025 advocating to fund health ... .
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Facing limitations: Poll shows many seniors don't consider themselves disabled

TimesDaily 24 Feb 2026
In her house in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Barbara Meade said, “there are walkers and wheelchairs and oxygen and cannulas all over the place.” ... .
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Middle-age adults face new Medicaid rules

The Courier - Waterloo 23 Feb 2026
Lori Kelley's deteriorating vision made it hard for her to find steady work ... .
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Senior living: Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges

LA Daily News 23 Feb 2026
By Fred Schulte, KFF Health News ... KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — an independent ...
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Clinics struggle after Trump administration swaps primary care support for different program

The Post and Courier 23 Feb 2026
Rural health clinics were looking forward to increased support from the federal government to help them provide primary care. But that program was scrapped and a new one doesn’t fund them directly ... .
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Alabama’s ‘Pretty Cool’ Plan for Robots in Maternity Care Sparks Debate

The Post and Courier 23 Feb 2026
A bold idea to use robots to help provide prenatal care in Alabama areas that lack doctors was applauded by federal health officials but panned by providers who say it just won’t work ... .
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Clinics sour on CMS after agency scraps 10-year primary care program only months in

The Lawton Constitution 21 Feb 2026
CELO COMMUNITY, N.C. — On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina began to fill up with patients ... .
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State debuts public option amid federal changes to health care

Elko Daily Free Press 21 Feb 2026
More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada's new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market ... .
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Tribal health at risk as ACA subsidies end

Ravalli Republic 20 Feb 2026
Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available near her home on the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana ... .
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End of enhanced Obamacare subsidies puts tribal health lifeline at risk

The Morning Journal 20 Feb 2026
By Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News ... Related Articles ... Erie County Health Dept. receives $40K grant to combat tobacco use ... 31 ... U.S ... KFF Health News correspondent Arielle Zionts contributed to this report. ©2026 KFF Health News.
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Trans activists arrested outside HHS headquarters in D.C.

Washington Blade 20 Feb 2026
The order directs federal agencies and programs to work toward “significantly limiting youth access to gender-affirming care nationwide,” according to KFF, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that ...
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Nevada debuts public option amid federal changes to health care

Elko Daily Free Press 20 Feb 2026
Washington's and Colorado’s programs have run into challenges, including a lack of participation from clinicians, hospitals and other care providers ... .
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Wyoming wants to make its five-year federal rural health funding last ‘forever’

The Brunswick News 19 Feb 2026
Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last “forever.” The state could tackle rural health issues long into the future by investing its awards ... .
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