Listen: Focusing On Health Care Politics

Julie Rovner, the chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, was on the air Tuesday discussing current health politics and marketplace enrollment issues. She joined New York Times reporter Margot Sanger-Katz to talk with Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane to break down Democratic presidential candidates’ debate on “Medicare for all” plans and other health initiatives.

She also was on WDET, the NPR station in Detroit, with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson to help answer consumers’ questions about the Democrats’ health care debate and buying insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces during open enrollment.

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<h1>Listen: Focusing On Health Care Politics</h1>
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<p>Julie Rovner, the chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News, was on the air Tuesday discussing current health politics and marketplace enrollment issues. She joined New York Times reporter Margot Sanger-Katz to talk with Radio Times host Marty Moss-Coane to <a href="https://whyy.org/episodes/medicare-for-all-crunching-the-numbers/">break down Democratic presidential candidates’ debate</a> on “Medicare for all” plans and other health initiatives.</p><p>She also was on WDET, the NPR station in Detroit, with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson to help answer <a href="https://wdet.org/posts/2019/11/12/88879-in-2019-obamacare-finds-its-footing-with-healthcare-marketplace/">consumers’ questions</a> about the Democrats’ health care debate and buying insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces during open enrollment.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20Focusing%20On%20Health%20Care%20Politics&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTAxOTc0Ng&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</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/listen-focusing-on-health-care-politics/">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=1019746&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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