What\u2019s scarier than ghosts and goblins? How about measles, unaffordable dental care, and an insurance claim denied by artificial intelligence?<\/p>\n
Nearly 80 healthcare-themed haikus crept into our inbox this Halloween season. Meet the winners of KFF Health News\u2019 eighth annual Halloween haiku contest below.<\/p>\n
Follow KFF Health News\u2019 social media accounts (X<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>) for more of our favorites. Enjoy!<\/p>\n Which is scarier? \u2014 DJ Zelle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Drac on a budget: \u2014 John Fedyna<\/em><\/p>\n Inspired by the KFF Health News \u201cHealthQ\u201d article: \u201cEven With Dental Insurance, You Still Could Face a Large Bill<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Cold, no emotions. \u2014 Chris Savage<\/em><\/p>\n Inspired by the KFF Health News article from our \u201cDeadly Denials\u201d series: \u201cRed and Blue States Alike Want To Limit AI in Insurance. Trump Wants To Limit the States.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n While Halloween may be coming to an end, KFF Health News reporting continues year-round.\u00a0Send us your haikus<\/strong>\u00a0at any time for possible inclusion in our Morning Briefing:\u00a0https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-haiku\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Sasha Zitter)<\/p>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Siri Palreddy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Tom Cook)<\/p>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Brynne McBride)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Micki Jackson)<\/p>\n (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: Michael L. Millenson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n This article<\/a> first appeared on KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What\u2019s scarier than ghosts and goblins? How about measles, unaffordable dental care, and an insurance claim denied by artificial intelligence? Nearly 80 healthcare-themed haikus crept into our inbox this Halloween season. Meet the winners of KFF Health News\u2019 eighth annual Halloween haiku contest below. Follow KFF Health News\u2019 social media accounts (X, Instagram, and Facebook)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1st Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Jack-o\u2019-lanterns and ghouls, or
Measles and lettuce?<\/p>\n2nd Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n
His fangs are ineffective,
Dental too costly.<\/p>\n3rd Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n
It\u2019s not a ghost, it\u2019s AI!
Your claim is denied.<\/p>\n2025 Halloween Haiku Contest Winners<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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