@ByJudyLin

California Editor at @KFFHealthNews.

 Sacramento, CA
Joined June 2008
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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFOct 14
Health care employment has grown steadily while job growth elsewhere has plateaued in recent years. Over the past year, the health sector added 378,500 jobs — a 2% increase — compared with 0.2% growth in non-health, non-farm employment: on.kff.org/3TXM5iV
Chart shows the cumulative percent change in health sector and non-health sector employment, January 1990 - August 2026.

ALT Chart shows the cumulative percent change in health sector and non-health sector employment, January 1990 - August 2026.

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFOct 13
Nearly half of states (21) are using or planning to use AI to detect fraud in Medicaid home care programs. KFF survey examines how states are approaching program integrity in their home care programs: on.kff.org/3WgLmtV
KFF map titled "21 Responding States Are Beginning to Incorporate AI-Enabled Tools into Program Integrity and Data Monitoring Activities". Showing the adoption of AI-enabled tools for program integrity and data monitoring by state. States are color-coded: dark blue for "Currently Using AI" (12states), light blue for "Piloting AI" (1 state), green for "Planning to Use AI" (8 states), and gray for "Not Currently Using AI" (27 states). Abbreviations for the states are shown within the map.

ALT KFF map titled "21 Responding States Are Beginning to Incorporate AI-Enabled Tools into Program Integrity and Data Monitoring Activities". Showing the adoption of AI-enabled tools for program integrity and data monitoring by state. States are color-coded: dark blue for "Currently Using AI" (12states), light blue for "Piloting AI" (1 state), green for "Planning to Use AI" (8 states), and gray for "Not Currently Using AI" (27 states). Abbreviations for the states are shown within the map.

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFOct 13
Can AI help close health care gaps? Dr. @uche_blackstock says only if the people most affected by those gaps help design the tools. Listen to hear more in this week’s episode: on.kff.org/4yQQbJ0
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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFOct 9
Support for a national health plan (commonly called “Medicare-for-All”) has grown, rising to about two-thirds (66%) of the public — but public opinion is highly malleable and support shifts when competing claims from critics and proponents are heard: on.kff.org/4dumQLT
A KFF line graph titled "Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Now Favor Medicare-for-all, the Largest Share Since KFF Began Polling on the Plan." It shows data from 2017 to 2026. The graph has two lines: a blue line representing the favorability of the plan, reaching 53% in 2020, and a green line representing opposition, showing 42% in 2020. A dotted line projects data from 2020 to 2026.

ALT A KFF line graph titled "Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Now Favor Medicare-for-all, the Largest Share Since KFF Began Polling on the Plan." It shows data from 2017 to 2026. The graph has two lines: a blue line representing the favorability of the plan, reaching 53% in 2020, and a green line representing opposition, showing 42% in 2020. A dotted line projects data from 2020 to 2026.

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Exclusive: A Slack managed by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI execs & Trump officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their health and medical records on apps.
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One potential solution is a system that automatically screens and qualifies low-income patients for financial aid without requiring an application. @NoamLevey @KFFHealthNews kffhealthnews.org/health-ind…

Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix. - KFF...

In Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can’t pay.

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFOct 8
As Americans struggle with health care costs heading into the midterms, support for Medicare-for-All has hit a new high in KFF polling. Here’s what nearly a decade of KFF data shows about public opinion on a national health plan: on.kff.org/4dumQLT
A KFF line graph titled "Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Now Favor Medicare-for-all, the Largest Share Since KFF Began Polling on the Plan." It shows data from 2017 to 2026. The graph has two lines: a blue line representing the favorability of the plan, reaching 53% in 2020, and a green line representing opposition, showing 42% in 2020. A dotted line projects data from 2020 to 2026.

ALT A KFF line graph titled "Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Now Favor Medicare-for-all, the Largest Share Since KFF Began Polling on the Plan." It shows data from 2017 to 2026. The graph has two lines: a blue line representing the favorability of the plan, reaching 53% in 2020, and a green line representing opposition, showing 42% in 2020. A dotted line projects data from 2020 to 2026.

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“A lot of times these propositions are written in a way to get attention and get support,” says Glenn Melnick, a healthcare economist at the USC. “But in fact, they can be used for other things later.” marketplace.org/story/2026/1…

California’s billionaire tax promises healthcare relief. The fine print is murkier.

An initiative on the California ballot would levy the nation’s first wealth tax on billionaires. Supporters say the proceeds would help offset President Donald Trump’s sweeping healthcare cuts. But...

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California’s billionaire tax promises healthcare relief. The fine print is murkier. marketplace.org/story/2026/1…

California’s billionaire tax promises healthcare relief. The fine print is murkier.

An initiative on the California ballot would levy the nation’s first wealth tax on billionaires. Supporters say the proceeds would help offset President Donald Trump’s sweeping healthcare cuts. But...

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Immigrants with legal status at risk of being dropped from Medicaid washingtonpost.com/health/20…

Immigrants with legal status at risk of being dropped from Medicaid

The One Big Beautiful Bill ends eligibility for refugees, asylees, trafficking victims and others, and its impact could be larger than initially predicted.

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFSep 23
KFF-@AP’s survey finds slightly more than half of rural voters disapprove of President Trump’s handling of health care and largely view his health care policies as having negatively rather than positively impacted their health care costs, Medicaid, and the availability of care where they live. on.kff.org/4yNL8bH
The KFF bar chart titled "Rural Voters' Views on the Impact of Trump's Health Care Policies Largely Skew Negative" rating things from positive, no impact, and negative impact. The different categories are: Medicare, Medicaid, Your health care costs, The availability of health care in your area, The cost of prescription drugs.

ALT The KFF bar chart titled "Rural Voters' Views on the Impact of Trump's Health Care Policies Largely Skew Negative" rating things from positive, no impact, and negative impact. The different categories are: Medicare, Medicaid, Your health care costs, The availability of health care in your area, The cost of prescription drugs.

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NEW: Top HHS officials are pushing forward on medical AI, talking about how much to pay AI Doctors that could diagnose & prescribe to patients. Inside government, concerns arose about the outsized influence of billionaire Silicon Valley investors. nytimes.com/2026/09/14/healt…

U.S. Health Officials Move Quickly to Deploy Medical A.I. Despite Concerns (Gift Article)

Federal projects are rolling out A.I. agents that offer therapy and prescribe medicine, raising concerns about safety and the influence of venture capital investors.

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Many farmers are facing a double whammy this year: Rising diesel prices, plus higher health insurance costs after Congress allowed enhanced ACA premium subsidies to expire.
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Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities latimes.com/business/story/2…

Fed up with high prices, California weighs penalties against hospitals, other entities

California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits.

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Newsom promotes affordable insulin, but California’s generic label is off to a slow start statnews.com/2026/08/13/news… @ahartreports

Newsom promotes affordable insulin, but California’s generic label is off to a slow start

Gov. Gavin Newsom is focused on making health care affordable, but his CalRx insulin has been slow to reach patients.

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFAug 10
National health spending has been on the rise in recent years, driven by the increasing cost of hospital care, physician and clinical services, and prescription drugs. Looking back to the decade after the ACA, annual spending grew markedly slower, dropping as low as 4 percent in the 2010s. See health spending in the U.S. before and after the ACA. ⤵️
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They’re known for touting pandemic precautions, Affordable Care Act plans, and testing for lead in schools. This year, some former public health officials are touting themselves — for governor or senator. @philgalewitz @cmaiduc @AmandaSeitz kffhealthnews.org/elections/…

They Worked To Protect Public Health. Now They Want the Public’s Votes. - KFF Health News

They’re known for touting pandemic precautions, Affordable Care Act plans, and testing for lead in schools. This year, some former public health officials are touting themselves — for governor or...

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Judy Lin retweeted
KFF@KFFJul 27
The U.S. spends more on health care than other high-income nations, and our costs keep climbing. It’s not a new issue. Why and how did care get so expensive? For more about health care spending, from the macro level to issues facing everyday Americans, watch the first video in our new series, How Unaffordable is Health Care? on.kff.org/4bbhqUT Source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker (healthsystemtracker.org)
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Health policy researchers and providers say negative attention and the potential for overly punitive regulations could put patients at risk. wapo.st/4vP9AHK

Hospices worry patients will be unfairly punished amid fraud crisis

Health policy researchers and providers say negative attention and the potential for overly punitive regulations could put patients at risk.

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California public school teachers win paid pregnancy leave, a long-sought benefit latimes.com/california/story… @AnnieSciacca @KFFHealthNews

California public school teachers win paid pregnancy leave, a long-sought benefit

California lawmakers approved up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for public school educators, ending a long-standing gap in teacher benefits.

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