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A KFF poll shows that 55% of returning ACA marketplace enrollees are reducing spending on food, clothing and other essentials to afford increasingly costly health coverage. The survey indicates that rising premiums and cost‑sharing are straining household budgets, prompting many to prioritize medical expenses over basic needs. The trend underscores growing affordability challenges within the ACA exchanges as enrollment stabilizes. Policymakers and insurers face pressure to address cost burdens for vulnerable consumers.
The Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs are promoting smokeless nicotine as a transitional tool to help service members and veterans quit combustible cigarettes. About 30% of active‑duty personnel use tobacco, roughly twice the civilian rate, prompting a new joint...
New CDC data shows over one‑in‑five U.S. children were obese between 2021‑2023, a record high and a sharp rise from 5.2% in the 1970s. The surge coincided with pandemic‑related school meal disruptions and cuts to nutrition programs, prompting the Make...
President Trump nominated Casey Means, a 38‑year‑old Stanford‑trained physician‑influencer, as surgeon general, but she has not completed her residency and holds an inactive medical license. During her HELP Committee hearing, senators pressed her on vaccine positions, past social‑media statements, and...
Monsanto and plaintiffs have agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement covering both current and future Roundup-related cancer claims, specifically non‑Hodgkin lymphoma. The proposed class‑action deal would compensate thousands of claimants and fund ongoing medical monitoring. Settlement approval remains pending before a...
