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KFF HEALTH NEWS ORIGINAL STORIES KFF Health News and AP: Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities President Donald Trump has championed sprawling health policy changes under the Make America Healthy Again movement, but a KFF-Associated Press survey of rural voters found people aren’t seeing the initiatives reach their communities. (Swenson, Tribble, and Sanders, 9/30) https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/kff-ap-poll-rural-voters-maha-make-america-healthy-again-local-impact-midterms/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--mCZg8wNam2KKOdNMSat2ew-bSh9dX9XSGK9RCrY0sdgOT70NMWBgORssX8AkQRY05v7FOhLdXs3V4WBCdPre-mXHN6w&_hsmi=441803617&utm_content=441803617&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit at Vista Grande Villa, a Michigan senior living community. They were told that their 85-year-old mother was a major safety threat. On at least 10 days the previous month, Tingley had hit, kicked, or elbowed aides when they were trying to help change her briefs, get dressed, bathe, or go to the bathroom, according to Vista Grande behavior logs. Vista Grande wanted permission to sedate her. (Rau, 9/30) https://kffhealthnews.org/aging/dementia-drugs-antipsychotic-dangers-memory-care-seniors-alzheimers-michigan/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8amkn8j2btRbpAT64xxlhn7pfHY613va06Rq_24qHB2sgFRda2Hl9OQgrruAiWWY4qRZxMigg2akaEWC8KC4Vd2w_P1A&_hsmi=441803617&utm_content=441803617&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees And Sex-Trafficking Victims Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1, state data shows, signaling that the impact of Medicaid changes in President Donald Trump’s signature legislation from 2025 may be greater than anticipated. Many lawfully present immigrants will be among the first people to lose Medicaid coverage under congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to cut spending by more than $900 billion through 2034 for the state-federal health program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The law will strip many more immigrants of their Affordable Care Act plan subsidies and Medicare coverage next year. (Galewitz, Jones and Boyd-Barrett, 9/30) https://kffhealthnews.org/health-industry/immigrants-kicked-off-medicaid-refugees-asylum-seekers-trump-big-beautiful-bill-cbo-2/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--eb3Ur0WyJ1q9CvijtiooQrlqVlKLhf-72KGeB-3WE6z8HDCobCItrgSnFGqGSM_O-ojlzDkdI_hlwzkBR28K60KEjuw&_hsmi=441803617&utm_content=441803617&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside the New Richland Care Center, staff members rushed to move 36 residents out of the building on Sept. 19 while they still could. They pushed elderly residents in wheelchairs through 4-inch-deep water to buses waiting in the parking lot, said nursing home administrator Robert Johannsen. (Kelman, Hacker, Chang, McLister and Rantala, 9/30) https://kffhealthnews.org/public-health/nursing-home-flood-risk-analysis-minnesota-evacuation/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-83DCLRY6Yd1K5dm0qNsKxjOjqCy9trXwZG5kv0X4LikRcnbjESAciPVgwgAro8C3WxMeQO9ZvCGBzCCf5ap_KVHMnFDw&_hsmi=441803617&utm_content=441803617&utm_source=hs_email