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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Nursing Home Staffing Rules Prompt Pushback

June 6, 2024 Podcast

The nursing home industry — as well as a healthy number of Congress members — are all pushing back on the Biden administration’s new rules on nursing home staffing. Industry officials say that there are not enough workers to meet the requirements and that the costs would be prohibitive. Meanwhile, Democrats on Capitol Hill are trying to force Republicans to explain their exact positions on assuring access to contraceptives and in vitro fertilization. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a free cruise that turned out to be anything but.

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To Patients, Parents, and Caregivers, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Are a Personal Affront

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

At a town hall in Orange County, California, angry residents said Congress should keep its hands off Medicaid. The cuts contemplated in a House budget blueprint would bore a giant hole in California’s version of the safety net health insurance program, Medi-Cal, which covers nearly 15 million residents.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

June 12, 2025 Podcast

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics. Meanwhile, hundreds of employees of the National Institutes of Health sent an open letter to the agency’s director, accusing the Trump administration of policies that “undermine the NIH mission.” Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.

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Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ Many States Wind Up Expanding

By Phil Galewitz Updated September 24, 2024 Originally Published August 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.

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Cuando los pacientes quedan atrapados en medio de las peleas entre aseguradoras y hospitales

By Bram Sable-Smith September 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

El 18% de los hospitales no federales experimentaron al menos un caso documentado de enfrentamiento público con una aseguradora entre junio de 2021 y mayo de 2025. Lo sufren los pacientes.

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GOP Promotes MAHA Agenda in Bid To Avert Midterm Losses. Dems Point to Contradictions.

By Stephanie Armour January 20, 2026 KFF Health News Original

As fractures emerge in the Make America Great Again movement, some Republicans see its health-focused “MAHA” counterpart as the party’s next big thing. But doubts abound.

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Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment

By Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam March 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s Georgia Pathways to Coverage program has seen anemic enrollment while chalking up millions in start-up costs — largely in technology and consulting fees. Critics say the money’s being wasted on a costly and ineffective alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children

By Jackie Fortiér Updated September 19, 2025 Originally Published September 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to vote on delaying the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Pediatricians warn that could open the door to a comeback for a disease virtually eradicated among U.S. children.

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Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices

By Jacob Gardenswartz July 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.

January 16, 2025 Podcast

With just days to go before the official launch of a new administration, the GOP-led Congress is putting together plans on how to enact incoming President Donald Trump’s agenda, with a particular emphasis on cutting spending on the Medicaid program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration makes major moves in its last days, including banning a controversial food dye and ordering cigarette companies to minimize their nicotine content. Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News “Bill of the Month” feature, about a colonoscopy that came with a much larger price tag than estimated.

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Toddler’s Backyard Snakebite Bills Totaled More Than a Quarter Million Dollars

By Jackie Fortiér October 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

For snakebite victims, antivenom is critical — and costly. It took more than $200,000 worth of antivenom to save one toddler’s life after he was bitten by a rattlesnake.

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In Montana, Conservative Groups See Chance To Kill Medicaid Expansion

By Katheryn Houghton October 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Conservative groups are working to undermine support for Montana’s Medicaid expansion ahead of a political fight over whether to keep the program.

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Across North Carolina, Medical Debt Exacts a Heavy Toll

By Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer and Noam N. Levey September 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The state has among the highest levels of medical debt in the country, data shows.

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This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices

By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As the federal government negotiates with drugmakers to lower the price of 10 expensive drugs for Medicare patients, impatient legislators in some states are trying to go even further. Leading the pack is Colorado, where a new Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board is set to recommend an “upper payment limit” for drugs it deems unaffordable. In late […]

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Mercury in Your Hot Dog? Vaccine Skeptics Face Their Limits at Crucial CDC Meeting

By Arthur Allen and Renuka Rayasam September 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting on vaccines pitted scientific expertise against vaccine skepticism. An often confusing debate ended with critics of the current vaccine schedule tabling a vote to remove one of its cornerstones.

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Trump, Harris Spar Over Abortion Rights and Obamacare in Their First Face-Off

By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs September 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The generally combative face-off was marked by a series of false and sometimes bizarre statements from former President Donald Trump.

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Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants

By Phil Galewitz Updated November 3, 2025 Originally Published November 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Federal health authorities have taken the “unprecedented” step of instructing states to investigate certain individuals on Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve received more than 170,000 names collectively.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Arizona Turns Back the Clock on Abortion Access

April 11, 2024 Podcast

A week after the Florida Supreme Court said the state could enforce an abortion ban passed in 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that state could enforce a near-total ban passed in 1864 — over a half-century before Arizona became a state. The move further scrambled the abortion issue for Republicans and posed an immediate quandary for former President Donald Trump, who has been seeking an elusive middle ground in the polarized debate. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Molly Castle Work, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature, about an air-ambulance ride for an infant with RSV that his insurer deemed not medically necessary.

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When Suicidal Calls Come In, Who Answers? Georgia Crisis Line Response Rates Reveal Gaps

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat January 28, 2026 KFF Health News Original

In Georgia, a high number of callers to the 988 crisis line hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor. Many other calls are transferred out of state.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion Heats Up Presidential Race 

August 1, 2024 Podcast

The elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the presumed Democratic presidential ticket is newly energizing the debate over abortion, while former President Donald Trump attempts to distance himself from more sweeping proposals in the “Project 2025” GOP blueprint put together by his former administration officials and the conservative Heritage Foundation. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Elisabeth Rosenthal, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” about a preauthorized surgery that generated a six-figure bill.

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