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First Edition: Tuesday Dec. 23, 2025

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Get your first pass at the day's top health care policy news. Visit KFF Health News for the latest headlines. First Edition Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations. NOTE TO READERS: The First Edition will not be published Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Look for it again in your inbox on Jan. 5. Happy holidays from all of us at KFF Health News!   KFF HEALTH NEWS ORIGINAL STORIES KFF Health News: After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up In The Hospital Or Alone At A Recovery House Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency r...

Gender Affirming Care: KFF Examines Newly Proposed Federal Rules That Would Further Limit Youth Access to Care 

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KFF reviews the implications, including restricting care in most hospitals View in browser NEW & NOTEWORTHY Examining Newly Proposed Federal Rules That Would Further Limit Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care Following the release of two proposed federal rules that aim to further limit youth access to gender affirming care, KFF examines what they include and what they could mean for transgender youth who seek this care, and for their providers. These rules align with a Trump Administration Executive Order released earlier this year and build on a range of ot...