Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Rule Logistics and Colon Cancer Increase Among Young Adults

KFF Health News Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed Medicaid work requirements on The Majority Report with Sam Seder on Aug. 7.

Click here to watch Houghton on The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
Read Houghton’s “Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.” and “New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for States,” co-reported with Bram Sable-Smith.

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed what’s fueling the rise of colon cancer in adults under 54 on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Aug. 4.

Click here to watch Gounder on “The Daily Report.”

KFF Health News 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 KFF.

<h1>Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Rule Logistics and Colon Cancer Increase Among Young Adults</h1>
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			August 9, 2025		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News Montana correspondent Katheryn Houghton discussed Medicaid work requirements on The Majority Report with Sam Seder on Aug. 7.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYlr4iJg7w">Click here to watch Houghton on The Majority Report with Sam Seder</a>.</li><li>Read Houghton’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-work-requirements-republicans-fraud-montana-rule-breaker/">Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.</a>” and “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-federal-work-requirements-less-leeway-for-states/">New Medicaid Federal Work Requirements Mean Less Leeway for States</a>,” co-reported with Bram Sable-Smith.</li></ul><p>Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed what’s fueling the rise of colon cancer in adults under 54 on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Aug. 4.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/whats-fueling-rise-colon-cancer-young-people/">Click here to watch Gounder on “The Daily Report.”</a></li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-august-9-2025-medicaid-work-requirements-colon-cancer-young-adults/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-august-9-2025-medicaid-work-requirements-colon-cancer-young-adults/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-august-9-2025-medicaid-work-requirements-colon-cancer-young-adults/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Talk%20Medicaid%20Work%20Rule%20Logistics%20and%20Colon%20Cancer%20Increase%20Among%20Young%20Adults&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/on-air-august-9-2025-medicaid-work-requirements-colon-cancer-young-adults/#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/on-air-august-9-2025-medicaid-work-requirements-colon-cancer-young-adults/">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=2072132&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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