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  Western Washington was a sanctuary for trans youth seeking care — until RFK threatened gender clinics

  Until recently, it seemed like gender-affirming care for trans kids would continue in liberal places like Western Washington, despite the Trump administration's crackdown. But families and advocates say access to that care is now dwindling in the Puget Sound region.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'I don’t sleep well at night.' Washington’s rural hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, possible closures

  When changes to the federal Medicaid program take effect in about a year, rural hospitals could face closures, leaving people to drive an hour or more to the next closest options.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Washington’s safety net clinics face ‘perfect storm’ of federal threats

  Clinics across Washington that focus on serving low-income patients are bracing for a dual threat from the federal government.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Trump cuts could leave 250,000 Washingtonians without health coverage, shutter rural hospitals

  State leaders and hospital officials say the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump could impact the access of hundreds of thousands of Washington residents to health care, especially in rural parts of the state.

  • Libby Denkmann
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  Decades-old law limits access to Wegovy for Medicaid beneficiaries

  New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them.

  • Sydney Lupkin
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  King Country searches for ways to save public health clinics from the budget ax

  Most of King County’s 10 public health centers will have to close next year unless the county comes up with a budget fix soon.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Two families sue Florida for being kicked off Medicaid in 'unwinding' process

  Two children and their parents are suing the state of Florida, alleging that their Medicaid coverage was terminated without proper notice or a chance to contest the state agency's decision.

  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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  Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April

  Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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  78 people face charges for $2.5 billion in attempted health care fraud, DOJ says

  At least $1.1 billion was actually paid out in these schemes targeting elderly patients, high-risk and low-income pregnant women and HIV patients.

  • Jaclyn Diaz
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  In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid

  As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.

  • Selena Simmons-Duffin

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