Amanda Seitz

Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. They're Blaming Trump and Republicans For It. kffhealthnews.org/MjE3MTAxNQ via @kffhealthnews

Those donating to the campaign of the transportation secretary’s son-in-law include PACs for Lockheed Martin, which is subject to FAA safety regulations, and T-Mobile, which is working on a DOT project to enhance the resilience of 5G infrastructure. propublica.org/article/sean-d…

ICE seizes DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU. Trump admin is not renewing "Dreamers" who were given legal status as children to stay in U.S. -- says they can now be detained and deported. @lbarronlopez ms.now/news/ice-detai…

A $5,500 device aims to treat opioid addiction with electrical pulses to the brain. Some researchers and recovery advocates say the company’s rapid consumption of opioid settlement dollars raises red flags, reports @aneripattani⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

At the Trump administration's inaugural Conference on Women's Health, a talk on infertility yielded numerous critiques of birth control pills & a proposal for doctors to talk to girls about plans for birthing children kffhealthnews.org/MjE2OTM3NA via @kffhealthnews

Anxieties among suburbanites, women, and independents over HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies risk splintering the MAHA coalition that helped win the White House for Donald Trump. @StephArmour1 and @AmandaSeitz report ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

A national plastic surgeons group is warning patients to “do their homework” before getting liposuction or other cosmetic procedures. That's after an investigation into cosmetic surgery chains by KFF Health News and NBC News, reports @FredSchulte ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

Once an ambitious liver doctor, Bill Cassidy traveled across Louisiana to vaccinate inmates & schoolchildren against Hepatitis B. Now the senator's work - in medicine and politics - is unraveling. kffhealthnews.org/MjE2NTMwNA My latest for @kffhealthnews

Sen. Bill Cassidy tried to simultaneously back vaccines and RFK Jr. to save his career. Now he’s fighting for his political life. @AmandaSeitz reports on the ambitious liver doctor who used to go nearly anywhere to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

In Minnesota, fear of ICE has kept immigrants trapped at home. So doctors and nurses have quietly operated informal, underground medical networks to bring medical care to patients. @KateLouiseWells & @ArthurAllen202 report ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Some state lawmakers and health associations say the political rhetoric around a program pitched to keep rural hospitals afloat doesn’t match reality. “[It] will not save a single hospital in our state,” said the head of Nebraska Rural Health Association. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/r…

Bloody backpacks and rubble seen after U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that the country said killed dozens of students at two schools, @nytimes reports. via @ErikaSolomon @malachybrowne @heytherehaley No-paywall: nytimes.com/2026/02/28/wor…

Hospitals Treating Measles Confront a Challenge: Few Doctors Have Seen It Before kffhealthnews.org/MjE1OTk4Ng via @kffhealthnews

I’m always for more data. But, be careful using the new Medicaid spending data released by the Trump administration. It’s missing a lot of important details and context. kff.org/medicaid/what-…

To +1 @laurahazardowen I've also seen PDF of Atlantic piece on measles as first posted. a/ Originally it had no editor's note b/ PR rep initially told reporter (in note I've seen) "this is based on a mother's real account." If Atlantic was confused, why wouldn't readers be?

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs. Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures. propublica.org/article/life-i…

Imagine being a bright-eyed J-School grad eager to launch your reporting career, and the editor of Cleveland's metro daily puts you on blast for wanting to be a journalist instead of an AI content farmer. cleveland.com/news/2026/02/j…

My latest story comes from South Carolina where the #measles outbreak has become the worst in 30 years. Doctors worry what might come next. "This is not going to be the last vaccine-preventable disease to hit us," one pediatrician told me #vaccines reuters.com/business/healt…

The Coast Guard pilot who left Noem’s blanket behind was initially fired and told to take a commercial flight home when they reached their destination They eventually reinstated the pilot because no one else was available to fly them home wsj.com/politics/polic…

After detecting a sudden spike in PFAS in its drinking water, the city traced it upstream along the Ohio River to a factory in West Virginia. But the EPA has relaxed Biden-era plans to regulate PFAS levels. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/l…