Public Health
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ A Detour On A Smoking Off-Ramp
Sarah Jane Tribble Kaiser Health News @sjtribble Read Sarah Jane’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal @StephArmour1 Read Stephanie’s Stories Kimberly Leonard Business Insider @leonardkl Read Kimberly’s Stories The Food and Drug Administration declared Wednesday that vaping among teenagers has reached “an epidemic proportion.” The […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Opioids, EpiPens And Health Funding
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Alice Miranda Ollstein Politico @AliceOllstein Read Alice’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories The Senate is still working, well into August – something it hasn’t done in years — and it’s debating the funding bill […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Drug Prices And Unicorns
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Erin Mershon STAT @eemershon Read Erin’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories A trio of court actions provide news for this week’s “What the Health?’” panel. A federal appeals court this week handed hospitals […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Virginia, The VA, And Military Medicine
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Rebecca Adams CQ Roll Call @RebeccaAdamsDC Read Rebecca’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post @pw_cunningham Read Paige’s Stories After a five-year fight, the Virginia legislature voted this week to expand the Medicaid program to an estimated 400,000 low-income […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The Politics Of Rising Premiums And Menu Labeling
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Stephanie Armour The Wall Street Journal @StephArmour1 Read Stephanie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Proposed insurance premium increases unveiled in Maryland and Virginia officially marked the start of finger-pointing on Capitol Hill this […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s Stories Anna Edney Bloomberg @annaedney Read Anna’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Congress passed a bill to fund much of the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year just hours before its […]
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The Long Wait Ends For Short-Term Plan Rules
The Trump administration finally released a long-awaited rule that would allow significant expansion of health insurance policies that do not meet all the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, both in terms of what they cover and how much they charge. The administration says it wants to broaden the availability of so-called short-term insurance plans […]