Medicaid Work Rules Don’t Apply to Native Americans. They Could Still Lose Coverage. By Andrew Jones, Katheryn Houghton, and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez Nov. 13, 2026

Medicaid Work Rules Don’t Apply to Native Americans. They Could Still Lose Coverage. By Andrew Jones, Katheryn Houghton, and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez Nov. 13, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/medicaid-work-rule-requirement-native-american-north-carolina-exemption-coverage/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9FnV-XXB0mZi49v5twO1iIytLOvwVwFKh0dk-dnOe362Ofm_5zL_0Nt_Xgcs6veH6lKJ1_UxFGlu04QwuMAueCoGIW_A&_hsmi=449142332&utm_content=449142332&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Medicaid Work Rules Don’t Apply To Native Americans. They Could Still Lose Coverage Two months before the deadline to implement new Medicaid work requirements, states had yet to receive detailed guidance from federal health officials on how to exclude Native Americans from those rules, leading to a patchwork of eligibility checks that pose challenges for qualified enrollees trying to keep their health insurance. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act excluded Native Americans from having to meet the work requirements to keep their Medicaid eligibility. (Jones, Houghton, and Orozco Rodriguez, 11/13)

Fed Up With the Healthcare Industry, This Red State Capped Insulin Prices for Patients By Noam N. Levey Photos and video by Hannah Norman Nov. 13, 2026

Fed Up With the Healthcare Industry, This Red State Capped Insulin Prices for Patients Ang Kritzberger with daughter Nina, who has Type 1 diabetes. Nina’s condition​​ landed the family in a national debate about how to protect patients from high insulin costs. (Hannah Norman/KFF Health News) By Noam N. Levey Photos and video by Hannah Norman Nov. 13, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/insulin-copay-price-caps-diabetes-patients-high-costs-north-dakota-common-ground/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-91LgLm7z-F8GCIrTIU3btHl4_o837jgWTo4d_GCl33tcam8CLVkIR6rm4UU1USAkfelwy_S_HOO1NcX-y-UQqDJMGBXQ&_hsmi=449142332&utm_content=449142332&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Fed Up With The Healthcare Industry, This Red State Capped Insulin Prices For Patients The Kritzberger family has farmed in the Red River Valley for more than a century. They once had livestock. Now they grow sugar beets, soybeans, and grains. Like many farmers, they labor to balance the books. “We’re in an incredible amount of debt,” Ang Kritzberger said as she walked the farm on a recent fall morning.For the past 10 years, the Kritzbergers have had another worry. Their daughter Nina has Type 1 diabetes. That’s landed the family in a national debate about how to protect patients from high insulin costs. (Levey, 11/13)

Who should police false online health claims? Younger adults blame their generation; older adults point to government, doctors and social media companies Devdiscourse | November 11, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/11/who-should-police-false-online-health-claims-younger-adults-blame-their-generation-older-adults-point-to-government-doctors-and-social-media-companies/ Ask Americans who should clean up false health claims online, and the answer depends a lot on their age and how much schooling they’ve had. Younger adults are more likely to put the burden on individual social media users, while older adults look to platforms, government, news outlets and doctors, as Devdiscourse reports.

As measles cases continue to surge, RFK Jr. blocks CDC scientists from issuing emergency alert warning unvaccinated pregnant women of significantly increased risks Washington Post | November 11, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/11/as-measles-cases-continue-to-surge-rfk-jr-blocks-cdc-scientists-from-issuing-emergency-alert-warning-unvaccinated-pregnant-women-of-significantly-increased-risks/ Federal scientists have spent weeks trying to warn doctors about the dangers of measles during pregnancy, but the warning still hasn’t gone out, as The Washington Post’s Lena H. Sun reports. About a month ago, CDC scientists sought to send an alert through the agency’s Health Alert Network, its rapid channel for urgent clinical guidance. The CDC director’s office, which typically signs off, didn’t approve it, for reasons sources couldn’t explain.

How the Trumpification of medicine is roiling — and maybe destroying—the American Diabetes Association New York Times | November 12, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/12/how-the-trumpification-of-medicine-is-roiling-and-maybe-destroying-the-american-diabetes-association/ A quiet protest over a stack of photocopies has snowballed into a full-blown crisis at the American Diabetes Association, as The New York Times’ Eric Boodman reports. At the ADA’s Scientific Sessions in New Orleans in June, security guards ejected five researchers for handing out an editorial criticizing federal research cuts ahead of a keynote by NIH director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who ultimately didn’t show.

Unintended consequences: Hegseth’s proposed controversial ‘low testosterone’ screen could flag 150,000 Army men. What happens next? IFLScience | November 12, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/12/unintended-consequences-hegseths-proposed-controversial-low-testosterone-screen-could-flag-150000-army-men-what-happens-next/ Roughly one in four male US Army soldiers could “fail” the annual testosterone tests Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered for military personnel aged 30 and over, according to a new analysis of military health data, a result that could leave the Pentagon with some awkward choices, as IFLScience reports.

Kennedy faces Congressional ethics investigation for accepting massive gifts from anti-vaccine and ketamine wellness grifter Wall Street Journal | November 12, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/11/12/kennedy-faces-congressional-ethics-investigation-for-accepting-massive-gifts-from-anti-vaccine-and-ketamine-wellness-grifter/ Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland have opened a congressional probe into more than $250,000 in gifts that security consultant Gavin de Becker lavished on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the Wall Street Journal reports. Both men received letters on November 10 seeking a full accounting of the gifts and whether they broke federal ethics rules.