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Health News tamfitronics Can't see the audio player?Listen on:The HostRecent comments from former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers preview potential health policy pursuits under a second Trump administration. Trump is yet again eyeing changes to the Affordable Care Act, while key lawmakers want to repeal Medicare drug price negotiations.Also, this week brought news of the first publicly reported death attributed to delayed care under a state abortion ban. Vice President Kamala Harris said the death shows the consequences of Trump’s actions to block abortion access.This week’s panelists are Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins University’s schools of nursing and public health, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th.PanelistsAmong the takeaways from this week’s episode:Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump’s running mate, says Trump is...

Health News tamfitronics Julie Rovner: Hello, and welcome back to “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, and I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington. We’re taping this week on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. As always, news happens fast and things might’ve changed by the time you hear this, so here we go.Today we are joined via teleconference by Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat News.Rachel Cohrs Zhang: Hi, everybody.Rovner: Riley Griffin of Bloomberg News.Riley Griffin: Hey, hey.Rovner: And Lauren Weber of The Washington Post.Lauren Weber: Hello, hello.Rovner: I hope you enjoyed last week’s special episode on health equity from the Texas Tribune Festival. Now we have a lot of news to catch up on, so we will get right to it....