Journalists Zero In on Medicaid Threats and Social Security Hiccups

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed funding cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services on CBS News’ “24/7” on May 7.

Click here to watch Rovner on “24/7.”
Listen to this week’s episode of “What the Health?” — hosted by Rovner: “Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP.”

KFF Health News correspondent Darius Tahir discussed Social Security and the Trump administration’s plans on CBS on May 6.

Click here to watch Tahir on CBS.
Read Tahir’s “At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead.”

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<h1>Journalists Zero In on Medicaid Threats and Social Security Hiccups</h1>
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			May 10, 2025		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed funding cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services on CBS News’ “24/7” on May 7. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-plaintiffs-are-arguing-in-lawsuit-over-health-funding-cuts/#x">Click here to watch Rovner on “24/7.”</a></li><li>Listen to this week’s episode of “What the Health?” — hosted by Rovner: “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/what-the-health-396-medicaid-cuts-republicans-congress-may-8-2025/">Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP</a>.”</li></ul><p>KFF Health News correspondent Darius Tahir discussed Social Security and the Trump administration’s plans on CBS on May 6.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/more-social-security-recipients-say-being-marked-dead-by-mistake/">Click here to watch Tahir on CBS</a>.</li><li>Read Tahir’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/social-security-administration-beneficiaries-marked-dead-ssn-numbers-delays/">At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead</a>.”</li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-zero-in-on-potential-medicaid-cuts-and-social-security-hiccups/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-zero-in-on-potential-medicaid-cuts-and-social-security-hiccups/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-zero-in-on-potential-medicaid-cuts-and-social-security-hiccups/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Zero%20In%20on%20Medicaid%20Threats%20and%20Social%20Security%20Hiccups&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-zero-in-on-potential-medicaid-cuts-and-social-security-hiccups/#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-zero-in-on-potential-medicaid-cuts-and-social-security-hiccups/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<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=2030924&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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