Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.

Click here to watch Rovner on CBS News.

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16.

Click here to hear Rayasam on “The Georgia Health Report.”
Read Rayasam’s “Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices.”

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<h1>Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots</h1>
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			May 24, 2025		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqBAIPKS2pk">Click here to watch Rovner on CBS News</a>.</li></ul><p>Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ik1JSgW7Oo">Click here to watch Gounder discuss weight loss drugs on “CBS Mornings.”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91r341_ddV4">Click here to watch Gounder discuss covid vaccines on “CBS Mornings.”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2025-05-16/georgia-health-report-the-health-care-rights-incarcerated-people-lack">Click here to hear Rayasam on “The Georgia Health Report.”</a></li><li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/prison-end-of-life-care-dying-inmates-rights-alabama/">Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices</a>.”</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?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%20Cuts%20and%20New%20Limitations%20on%20Weight%20Loss%20Drugs%20and%20Covid%20Shots&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-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/#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-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/">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=2039604&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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