Journalists Draw Link Between Internet Dead Zones, Threatened Medicaid Cuts, and Health

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed covid-19 vaccines and prostate cancer on WAMU’s “1A” on May 27.

Click here to hear Gounder on “1A.”

Senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed how internet dead zones deepen chronic health issues in rural communities on The Commonwealth Fund’s “The Dose” on May 23.

Rural editor and correspondent Tony Leys discussed how Medicaid cuts affect hospital mental health units on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on May 23.

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<h1>Journalists Draw Link Between Internet Dead Zones, Threatened Medicaid Cuts, and Health</h1>
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<p>Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed covid-19 vaccines and prostate cancer on WAMU’s “1A” on May 27.</p><ul><li><a href="https://the1a.org/segments/in-good-health-detecting-and-treating-prostate-cancer/">Click here to hear Gounder on “1A.”</a></li></ul><p>Senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed how internet dead zones deepen chronic health issues in rural communities on The Commonwealth Fund’s “The Dose” on May 23.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/podcast/2025/may/in-rural-america-weak-signal-can-mean-worse-health">Click here to hear Tribble on “The Dose.”</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/dead-zone/">Read Tribble’s “Dead Zone” series</a>.</li></ul><p>Rural editor and correspondent Tony Leys discussed how Medicaid cuts affect hospital mental health units on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” on May 23.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/river-to-river/2025-05-24/iowa-farmers-react-to-make-america-healthy-again-report">Click here to hear Leys on “River to River.”</a></li><li>Read Leys’ “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/psychiatric-beds-medicaid-payments-hospital-mental-health-units-federal-cuts-iowa/">Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.</a>”</li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-draw-link-between-internet-dead-zones-threatened-medicaid-cuts-and-health/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-draw-link-between-internet-dead-zones-threatened-medicaid-cuts-and-health/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-draw-link-between-internet-dead-zones-threatened-medicaid-cuts-and-health/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Draw%20Link%20Between%20Internet%20Dead%20Zones%2C%20Threatened%20Medicaid%20Cuts%2C%20and%20Health&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-draw-link-between-internet-dead-zones-threatened-medicaid-cuts-and-health/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">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—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-draw-link-between-internet-dead-zones-threatened-medicaid-cuts-and-health/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=2041666&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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