{"id":670567,"date":"2026-10-31T05:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670567\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T05:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T05:24:20","slug":"frights-fangs-and-healthcare-nightmares-in-winning-halloween-haikus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670567\/","title":{"rendered":"Frights, Fangs, and Healthcare Nightmares in Winning Halloween Haikus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s scarier than ghosts and goblins? How about measles, unaffordable dental care, and an insurance claim denied by artificial intelligence?<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Follow KFF Health News\u2019 social media accounts (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFFHealthNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kffhealthnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KFFHealthNews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>) for more of our favorites. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>1st Place<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1st_Haiku_2026_9ace86.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2302993\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" \/> (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Haiku: DJ Zelle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Which is scarier?<br \/>Jack-o\u2019-lanterns and ghouls, or<br \/>Measles and lettuce?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014 DJ Zelle<\/p>\n<p>2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  height=\"1270\" width=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2nd_Haiku_2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2302994\" \/> (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; John Fedyna)<\/p>\n<p>3rd Place<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  height=\"1270\" width=\"1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3rd_Haiku_2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2302995\" \/> (Illustration: Oona Zenda\/KFF Health News; Chris Savage)<\/p>\n<p>While Halloween may be coming to an end, KFF Health News reporting continues year-round.\u00a0Send us your haikus\u00a0at any time for possible inclusion in our Morning Briefing:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-haiku\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-haiku\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s scarier than ghosts and goblins? How about measles, unaffordable dental care, and an insurance claim denied by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60,7498],"class_list":["post-670567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}