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Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV – KFF Health News

Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV – KFF Health News

Advocates worry these cases signal a larger erosion in bipartisan support for HIV prevention and treatment that threatens to undermine years of progress lowering transmission and mortality rates — especially if older people with the virus don’t get adequate care.


Battleground Wisconsin: Voters Feel Nickel-and-Dimed by Health Care Costs – KFF Health News

Battleground Wisconsin: Voters Feel Nickel-and-Dimed by Health Care Costs – KFF Health News

Xavier Becerra, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks in support of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, alongside Neera Tanden, a domestic policy adviser to President Joe Biden, at a town hall event in Rothschild, Wisconsin, on June 13.


A unifying marker streamlines macrophage research across age and sex

A unifying marker streamlines macrophage research across age and sex

The research team identified a protein called colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) as a reliable marker for monocytes and dendritic cells in blood and macrophages in tissues – allowing for the clear identification and separation of different sample types.


Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding

Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding

By the time of Hermida’s diagnosis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was about three years into a federal initiative to end the nation’s HIV epidemic by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars annually into certain states, counties, and U.S. territories with the highest infection rates.


California’s $25 Health Care Hourly Wage Relies on Federal Boost, State Worker Exemption

California’s $25 Health Care Hourly Wage Relies on Federal Boost, State Worker Exemption

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers will rely on a significant boost in federal funding and exempt thousands of state employees under an agreement that is expected to be approved in the coming days.


Medicaid for Millions in America Hinges on Deloitte-Run Systems Plagued by Errors

Medicaid for Millions in America Hinges on Deloitte-Run Systems Plagued by Errors

KFF Health News interviewed Medicaid recipients, attorneys, and former caseworkers and government employees, and read thousands of pages from contracts, ongoing lawsuits, company materials, and state audits and documents that show problems with Deloitte-operated systems around the country — including in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas.