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• KFF Health News: Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us

  March 03, 2026: Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer fo...Read more >

• Use It Now!

  February 26, 2026: February 27 is the last day of early voting for the March 3 primary elections. In Dallas for example, it is also the last day of easy voting  because Republicans have made it harder to vote on March 3. Voters will have to find and go to their partic...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Red and Blue States Alike Want To Limit AI in Insurance. Trump Wants To Limit the States.

  February 18, 2026: It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI? Regulating artifi...Read more >

• KFF Health News: New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard

  February 11, 2026: Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit circus arts school last year because she could no longer see well enough to complete ...Read more >

• There Is Nothing Like 2026

  February 05, 2026: Over the past year, seniors have generally experienced a sickening downward trend. Texas has won the dubious title of having the most starving seniors, and food insecurity is rising rapidly. Cuts and layoffs of government service providers, especiall...Read more >

• Retirees Schedule Week of Fightback

  January 12, 2026: This week alone, Texas Seniors have major events in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio! Protests Cuts and Layoffs January 14 January 14 is a National Day of Action for the American Federation of Government Employees. A growing number of p...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Solving the Home Care Quandary

  January 08, 2026: You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking? Perhaps yo...Read more >

• We “Up Our Game” for 2026

  December 31, 2025: We'll be doing more of everything in 2026. Get your 2026 vote-by-mail application right away and get everybody else to do it Be ready to fight for health care, especially the "WISeR" Texas experimental program to cut Medicare benefits Unit...Read more >

• KFF Health News: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts

  December 16, 2025: As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering the often unafforda...Read more >

• KFF Health News – Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

  December 12, 2025: We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act. But this time there’s an extra complication. Though it’s the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers are still debating whether...Read more >