Journalists Talk New ‘MAHA’ Strategy, RFK Jr.’s Tack at HHS, and Plight of Rural Hospitals

KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new “Make America Healthy Again” strategy for children’s health on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on Sept. 10.

Click here to watch Pradhan on “CBS Morning News.”

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Kennedy’s pseudoscientific approach to running HHS on WAMU’s “1A” on Sept. 8.

Click here to hear Rovner on “1A.”

KFF Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed collaborative rural hospital networks on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” podcast on Sept. 9.

Click here to hear Zionts on “Apple News Today.”
Read Zionts’ “Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive.”

KFF Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed Medicaid cuts on WUNC’s “Due South” on Sept. 3.

Click here to hear Tribble on “Due South.”

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<h1>Journalists Talk New ‘MAHA’ Strategy, RFK Jr.’s Tack at HHS, and Plight of Rural Hospitals</h1>
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<p>KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new “Make America Healthy Again” strategy for children’s health on CBS News’ “CBS Morning News” on Sept. 10.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/key-takeaways-from-rfk-jr-maha-report-on-childrens-health/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h">Click here to watch Pradhan on “CBS Morning News.”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Kennedy’s pseudoscientific approach to running HHS on WAMU’s “1A” on Sept. 8.</p><ul><li><a href="https://wamu.org/story/25/09/08/if-you-can-keep-it-hhs-versus-the-science/">Click here to hear Rovner on “1A.”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed collaborative rural hospital networks on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” podcast on Sept. 9.</p><ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ice-is-escalating-operations-in-chicago-what-to-know/id1473872585?i=1000725687362">Click here to hear Zionts on “Apple News Today.”</a></li><li>Read Zionts’ “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rural-hospitals-north-dakota-cins-rough-rider-network-closures/">Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive</a>.”</li></ul><p>KFF Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed Medicaid cuts on WUNC’s “Due South” on Sept. 3. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wunc.org/show/due-south/2025-09-03/medicaid-cuts-loom-over-future-nc-health-care-access-congress-senate-budget-cuts">Click here to hear Tribble on “Due South.”</a></li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-september-13-2025-hhs-rfk-maha-strategy-medicaid-cuts/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-september-13-2025-hhs-rfk-maha-strategy-medicaid-cuts/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-air-september-13-2025-hhs-rfk-maha-strategy-medicaid-cuts/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Talk%20New%20%E2%80%98MAHA%E2%80%99%20Strategy%2C%20RFK%20Jr.%E2%80%99s%20Tack%20at%20HHS%2C%20and%20Plight%20of%20Rural%20Hospitals&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-september-13-2025-hhs-rfk-maha-strategy-medicaid-cuts/#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-september-13-2025-hhs-rfk-maha-strategy-medicaid-cuts/">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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