Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23.

Click here to hear Anthony on “Apple News Today.”
Read Anthony’s “A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened.”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the changing availability of Affordable Care Act plans on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Sept. 19.

Click here to hear Appleby on “Wisconsin Today.”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed federal changes to Medicaid funding on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 19.

Click here to hear Rayasam on “The Georgia Health Report.”
Read Sam Whitehead and Rayasam’s “Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems.”

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<h1>Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts</h1>
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			September 27, 2025		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23. </p><ul><li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weak-evidence-behind-trumps-autism-announcement/id1473872585?i=1000728025767">Click here to hear Anthony on “Apple News Today.”</a></li><li>Read Anthony’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/organ-donation-transplant-harvesting-still-alive-missouri-st-louis/">A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened</a>.”</li></ul><p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the changing availability of Affordable Care Act plans on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Sept. 19.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2/health-insurance-deescalating-political-violence-wisconsin-fish-quest">Click here to hear Appleby on “Wisconsin Today.”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed federal changes to Medicaid funding on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 19.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2025-09-19/georgia-health-report-medicaid-cuts-to-affect-hospitals-serving-rural-and-low-income-patients">Click here to hear Rayasam on “The Georgia Health Report.”</a></li><li>Read Sam Whitehead and Rayasam’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/uninsured-texas-rio-grande-valley-strain-local-health-systems-medicaid-aca/">Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems</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-september-27-2025-organ-transplants-aca-obamacare-medicaid/">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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