Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 2.

Click here to watch Gounder on CBS Mornings.

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 27.

Click here to hear Whitehead on The Georgia Health Report.
Read Renuka Rayasam’s “When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.”

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<h1>Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures</h1>
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			April 4, 2026		</time>
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<p>Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ <em>CBS Mornings</em> on April 2.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1TbSh7DpA">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>CBS Mornings</em>.</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s <em>The Georgia Health Report</em> on March 27.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2026-03-27/georgia-health-report-higher-aca-premiums-lead-to-delaying-care-for-some-adults">Click here to hear Whitehead on <em>The Georgia Health Report</em>. </a></li><li>Read Renuka Rayasam’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/priced-out-health-insurance-costs-kentucky-tennessee-south-carolina/">When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage</a>.” </li></ul><p /><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/on-air-april-4-2026-weight-loss-pills-aca-premiums/">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;"></p>
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