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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Who Will Pay For COVID-19 Care?


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In the absence of clear leadership from the federal government, states and private companies are pursuing their own plans to help Americans cope with the coronavirus pandemic. But while there are many examples of public and private officials working cooperatively, underlying political battles are also taking place, particularly when it comes to how to distribute funding already provided by Congress and funding that may be provided in the coming weeks and months.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.

Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:

Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too:

Julie Rovner: The Washington Post’s “Flushing Out the True Cause of the Global Toilet Paper Shortage Amid Coronavirus Pandemic,” by Marc Fisher

Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “How Public Health Failed Nursing Homes,” by Joanne Kenen, Rachel Roubein and Susannah Luthi

Paige Winfield-Cunningham: The Washington Post’s “The Dark Side of Ventilators: Those Hooked Up for Long Periods Face Difficult Recoveries,” by Carolyn Y. Johnson and Ariana Eunjung Cha


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