KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Congress Punts to a Looming Lame-Duck Session
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Congress Punts to a Looming Lame-Duck Session

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, September 26th, at 10 a.m. As always, news happens fast, and things might have changed by the time you hear this. So, here we go.Today we are joined via teleconference by Lauren Weber of The Washington Post.Lauren Weber: Hello hello.Rovner: Alice Ollstein of Politico.Alice Miranda Ollstein: Good morning.Rovner: And Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health and Nursing, and Politico.Joanne From: Hi, everybody.Rovner: Big props to Emmarie for hosting last week while I was in Ann Arbor at the Michigan Daily reunion. I had a great time, but I...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future

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...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump-Harris Debate Showcases Health Policy Differences
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump-Harris Debate Showcases Health Policy Differences

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....
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Health system needs urgent attention, not racial debate
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Health system needs urgent attention, not racial debate

Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics South African state hospitals are in crisis, and patients deserve better. We must focus on fixing the system, not racial politics.There are always those who seek to make political, or racial, capital out of human tragedies, so it is no surprise that there were plenty of people commenting this week that it had to take the suffering of a white man, Tom London, to bring to public attention the awful situation in our state hospitals. This happens daily to black people, the argument ran – and that is true. It is also true that because London, a veteran radio broadcaster, was media-savvy and had an outspoken group of friends and followers that the media – and not just those perceived as being “white-owned”, remember – paid attention. Watch the video below:This...
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