Journalists Zero In on Opioid Settlement Cash, Congress, and the Medicaid Unwinding

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also featured Pattani on July 31 and Aug. 1 as it reported on how the debate around the spending is playing out in North Carolina and Ohio.

Click here to hear Pattani on NPR.
Read Pattani’s “Repeating History: California County Plugs Budget Gap With Opioid Settlement Cash.”
Click here to watch Pattani on PBS NewsHour on July 31.
Click here to watch Pattani on PBS NewsHour on Aug. 1.
Read more articles in our “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash” investigation.

KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, discussed congressional health spending deadlines on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 1 and Medicaid disenrollment on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Aug. 2.

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<h1>Journalists Zero In on Opioid Settlement Cash, Congress, and the Medicaid Unwinding</h1>
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			August 5, 2023		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also featured Pattani on July 31 and Aug. 1 as it reported on how the debate around the spending is playing out in North Carolina and Ohio.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/02/1191418632/a-wasted-chance-to-fight-addiction-opioid-settlement-cash-fills-a-local-budget-g">Click here to hear Pattani on NPR</a>.</li><li>Read Pattani’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/repeating-history-california-county-plugs-budget-gap-with-opioid-settlement-cash/">“Repeating History: California County Plugs Budget Gap With Opioid Settlement Cash.”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-opioid-settlement-money-starts-to-flow-in-states-debate-how-best-to-use-it">Click here to watch Pattani on PBS NewsHour on July 31</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-opioid-settlement-money-led-to-a-legal-battle-in-ohio">Click here to watch Pattani on PBS NewsHour on Aug. 1</a>.</li><li>Read more articles in our <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/opioid-settlements/">“Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash”</a> investigation.</li></ul><p>KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, discussed congressional health spending deadlines on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 1 and Medicaid disenrollment on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Aug. 2.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?529650-5/julie-rovner-congressional-health-spending-deadlines">Click here to watch Rovner on C-SPAN</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/08/02/medicaid-disenrollment">Click here to hear Rovner on WBUR</a>.</li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-the-air-this-week-august-5-2023/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-the-air-this-week-august-5-2023/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/on-the-air-this-week-august-5-2023/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Zero%20In%20on%20Opioid%20Settlement%20Cash%2C%20Congress%2C%20and%20the%20Medicaid%20Unwinding&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-the-air-this-week-august-5-2023/#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-the-air-this-week-august-5-2023/">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=1729749&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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