Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
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Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements

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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Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home
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Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed opioid settlements and the Supreme Court’s overturning of a bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma on the “Front Porch Book Club” podcast on Sept. 17. Pattani, joined by journalist Ed Mahon, also discussed how much opioid settlement money Pennsylvania is receiving, who makes the spending decisions, and how members of the public can get involved on “City Cast Pittsburgh” on Sept. 18.Click here to hear Pattani on “Front Porch Book Club”Read Pattani’s reporting for the series “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash”Click here to hear Pattani and Mahon on “City Cast Pittsburgh”Read Pattani, Henry Larweh, and Mahon’s “Public Voices Often Ignored in States’ Opioid Settlement Money Decisions”KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed selecting a nursing home that fits one’s needs on WUGA’s “The Georgia...
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Journalists Explore Breast Cancer Rates and the Medical Response to Mass Shootings
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Journalists Explore Breast Cancer Rates and the Medical Response to Mass Shootings

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News contributor Phillip Reese discussed the rapid rise of breast cancer rates among Asian American and Pacific Islander women on KCBS Radio on Sept. 7.Click to hear Reese on KCBS.Read Reese’s “Breast Cancer Rises Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Women.”KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed medical response to mass shootings on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 6.Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report.” Read “‘What Happens Three Months From Now?’ Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting” by Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, and Miller.Related TopicsCaliforniaRace and HealthStatesGeorgiaHIV/AIDSContact UsSubmit a Story Tip
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Journalists Give Rundown on Bird Flu Risks, HIV Rates, and the Fate of Shuttered Hospitals
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Journalists Give Rundown on Bird Flu Risks, HIV Rates, and the Fate of Shuttered Hospitals

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell discussed farmworkers and their risk of contracting bird flu on KGNU on Sept. 5.Click here to hear Bichell on KGNURead Bichell’s “With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu”KFF Health News Northern California correspondent Vanessa G. Sánchez discussed HIV rates among Latinos in San Francisco on KQED on Aug. 26.Click here to hear Sánchez on KQEDRead Sánchez’s “Cautious Optimism in San Francisco as New Cases of HIV in Latinos Decrease”On WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 23, KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed “certificate of need” laws — which allow existing hospitals and other health facilities to block would-be competitors’ plans to expand by arguing there’s insufficient need for their services.Click here to hear Miller...
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