Katheryn Houghton

“There’s been a fundamental destruction.” Scientists are leaving the National Institutes of Health in droves under President Donald Trump. Read what they left behind, by @rachanadpradhan and @K_Hought ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

“It’s clear when someone comes out with a drug and now you’ve just cured a disease. But you never know which ones could have been cured...We don’t know what we’ve lost.” #⃣s by @hollyhacker Our full story is below. More on the people and work lost: cnn.com/2026/03/05/hea…

In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, new buildings serve as symbols of a town trying to rebuild after being devastated by addiction. @K_Hought reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/t…

@renurayasam @besables @laurenmsausser If Montana gets a greenlight to implement work requirements early, it’s a place to watch how the incoming national standards could play out. We'll be following this at @KFFHealthNews

@renurayasam @besables @laurenmsausser In Montana, around the same time officials announced they had submitted a work requirement waiver to the feds, Montana Public Radio’s Aaron Bolton reported state delays in reviewing Medicaid applications. The new requirements would add more paperwork. mtpr.org/montana-news/2…

Montana has submitted its application to implement Medicaid work requirements ahead of the new federal law. How the Trump Administration responds may indicate what other states can expect. dphhs.mt.gov/assets/1115wai…

My latest: Independent rural hospitals are increasingly joining "clinically integrated networks" that share resources and bargaining power. The goal is to save money + improve patient care without losing their independence by joining a large health system. npr.org/sections/shots…

"Kennedy wants to see the Pfizer and Moderna messenger RNA-based covid-19 vaccines pulled from the market, according to two people familiar with the planning" kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

Young climate activists cite health hazards in bid to stop Trump from ‘unleashing’ fossil fuels by @JimRobbins19 for @KFFHealthNews sfchronicle.com/health/article… via @sfchronicle

There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived at the emergency room in the small hospital at intersection of two dirt roads in Ekalaka, MT. There never is. Experts believe ERs, especially in rural areas, increasingly operate with few or no doctors. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/r…

NEW: More than a dozen states are seeking their own versions of Medicaid work requirements. But the incoming federal standards pose questions around how much leeway states have to design their rules. @K_Hought + @besables report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Here’s the story of a man who said he had to break Medicaid rules, putting him at odds with Republicans who added hurdles to qualify for the health insurance program they say is rife with waste, fraud, and abuse. @K_Hought, KFF Health News + NPR. ⤵️ npr.org/sections/shots…

"I don't want to be a fraud. I don't want to die," James said. "Those shouldn't be the only two options." One reluctant Medicaid rulebreaker shares his story with @K_Hought and @KFFHealthNews via NPR. #mtnews #mtpol npr.org/sections/shots…

The Trump admin is cutting some programs intended to prevent gun violence, and seniors who don’t sign up for Medicare can be on the hook for medical bills, even if they have health insurance through work. @K_Hought reads the KFF Health News Minute: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/l…

NEW: Policymakers agree patients shouldn’t be stuck in the middle when an ambulance service charges more than what an insurer will pay. But they can’t settle on what price is fair. @raelnb + @K_Hought report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/g…

So far, @IHSgov has mostly been spared in the fed's widespread scale back. But tribal nations and orgs have lost funding elsewhere in the melee of cuts. “You’re disrupting real lives,” said Navajo council delegate, Cherilyn Yazzie. A collab with @Ajzionts and @jazmin1orozco