Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20.

Click here to watch Anthony on “America’s Heroes Group”
Explore Anthony’s series on the topic, “Silence in Sikeston“

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed Medicaid expansion in Georgia on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 20.

Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”
Read Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead’s “The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape“

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the series “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash,” a finalist for a Scripps Howard Journalism Award, on Scripps News’ “Morning Rush” on Sept. 19.

Click here to hear Pattani on “Morning Rush”
Read Pattani’s series, “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash“

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<h1>Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements</h1>
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			September 28, 2024		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dUR49ZHA74">Click here to watch Anthony on “America’s Heroes Group”</a></li><li>Explore Anthony’s series on the topic, “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/silence-in-sikeston/">Silence in Sikeston</a>“</li></ul><p>KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed Medicaid expansion in Georgia on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 20.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2024-09-20/the-georgia-health-report-how-the-election-may-impact-medicaid-expansion-in-georgia">Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li><li>Read Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-red-tape/">The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape</a>“</li></ul><p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the series “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash,” a finalist for a Scripps Howard Journalism Award, on Scripps News’ “Morning Rush” on Sept. 19.</p><ul><li><a href="https://scripps.com/fund/journalism/award-finalists/payback-tracking-the-opioid-settlement-cash/">Click here to hear Pattani on “Morning Rush”</a></li><li>Read Pattani’s series, “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/opioid-settlements/">Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash</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-28-2024-silence-in-sikeston-racial-trauma/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<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=1921512&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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