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Government-run insurance plan for foster children leaves some foster children without doctors – KFF Health News

April 2, 2026 by admin

andrew jones Ollie Super has been in and out of cancer treatments since being diagnosed with neuroblastoma while in foster care as a toddler. Now the 8th and 2nd graders are working on it again. Her cancer returned late last year. Ollie’s parents, who adopted her in 2020, tried to enroll her in a clinical … Read more

She owed the insurance company a nickel and her insurance was terminated – KFF Health News

March 30, 2026 by admin

Lorena Alvarado Hill is sitting on the edge of the couch. A mural can be seen on the wall behind her.

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. Hill, a teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, is a single mother who works shifts at J.Crew on weekends so she can send her daughter to college. Hill’s mother, who lives with her, had an insurance plan through Health First. Hill had not previously … Read more