KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Health of the Campaign
05 Oct
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Health of the Campaign

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Health News tamfitronics Can't see the audio player?Listen on:The HostWhen it comes to health care, this year’s presidential campaign is increasingly a matter of which candidate voters choose to believe. Democrats, led by Vice President Kamala Harris, say Republicans want to further restrict reproductive rights and repeal the Affordable Care Act, pointing to their previous actions and claims. Meanwhile, Republicans, led by former President Donald Trump, insist they have no such plans.Meanwhile, with open enrollment approaching for Medicare, the Biden administration dodges a political bullet, avoiding a sharp spike next year in Medicare prescription drug plan premiums.This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News.PanelistsAmong the takeaways from this week’s episode:This week, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio...
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Setting the Record Straight on the FDA’s Authority Over Drug Ads
04 Oct
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Setting the Record Straight on the FDA’s Authority Over Drug Ads

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Health News tamfitronics Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.Clarifying the FDA’s Role and Authority Over Direct-to-Consumer Drug AdsWhile several inaccuracies in the recent opinion piece about direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements by KFF Health News’ Elisabeth Rosenthal have been corrected in response to FDA’s direct requests, in this letter the FDA seeks to provide additional information about the agency’s oversight to readers and correct any misimpressions that may remain (“Perspective: With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get,” Sept. 9). The FDA is strongly committed to protecting public health by ensuring prescription drug promotion by or on behalf of a drug manufacturer, distributor, or packer is truthful, balanced, and accurately communicated.Federal law has...
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Get Your BOO On! Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus
02 Oct
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Get Your BOO On! Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus

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Health News tamfitronics Boo! We scared you. Now it’s your turn to give our newsroom a scare. Submissions are now open for KFF Health News’ sixth annual Halloween haiku competition. KFF Health News has been publishing reader-submitted health care haikus for years and is on pins and needles to read how this spooky season inspires you. We want your best scary health care or health policy haiku. We’ll share favorites on our social media channels, and members of our staff will pick the winners, announced on Thursday, Oct. 31.Rules:Submit your haiku to https://kffhealthnews.org/contact-haiku/ with the link to the related KFF Health News article.“Like” KFF Health News and California Healthline on Facebook, and follow @KFFHealthNews on the social platforms X, Instagram, and TikTok.(Optional) Include your X or Instagram handle in the submission and let us know...
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Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
30 Sep
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Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements

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Health News tamfitronics 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”Related TopicsInsuranceMedicaidRace and HealthStatesGeorgiaMissouriOpioid SettlementsContact UsSubmit a...
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