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Julie Rovner Kff Health News @Jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social
Julie Rovner is the head of the Washington correspondent and the host of the weekly health news of KFF Health News, “what is health?” A well -known expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the reference book and health care and politics A for Z “, now in the third edition.
Much of Hubbub in health care this year has focused on Medicaid, which is dramatically reducing federal funding as a result of the huge budget account signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month. But now attention is turning to the law on affordable care, which is facing some major changes that could cost many consumers to cover their health only in 2026.
In the meantime, changes in Migration Policy within Trump could have excessive influence on the nation’s healthcare system, both by deteriorating the deficiencies of health workers and with the elimination of insurance coverage that helps to maintain certain hospitals and clinics.
Everybody this week is Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Julie Appleby of KFF Health News, CQ Roll Call’s Jessie Hellmann and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.
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Among the routes from this week’s episode:
- Many Americans may expect that their health insurance premiums will increase next year, but these interest rate increases could be even greater for the millions based on ACA health plans. To offer such plans, most consumers are based on enhanced subsidies of the federal government, which are going to expire – and GOP legislators seem desperate to expand them, even though many of their voters could lose their safety as a result.
- Congress included a $ 50 billion fund for agricultural health care in Trump’s new law, with the aim of stabbing Medicaid cuts. But the fund is expected to be short of it, especially as many people lose health insurance and clinics, hospitals and health systems are allowed to cover their accounts.
- Abortation opponents continue to claim the mifepristone abortion pill is not safe, more recently reporting a problematic analysis – and some legislators use it to press federal officials to examine another look at the approval of the drug. Meanwhile, many Planned Parenthood clinicals support the termination of federal funding, stripping money not only from busy clinics where abortion is legal, but also from clinics that provide only contraception, tests for sexually transmitted infections and other non -abortion.
- And as more states apply laws that allow doctors to leave treatments that violate their morals, a pregnant woman in Tennessee says that her doctor refused to provide prenatal care because she is unmarried.
Also, this week, Rovner interviews Jonathan Oberlander, a Medicare historian and Professor of Health Policy at the University of North Carolina, to Marce on the 60th anniversary of Medicare later this month.
In addition, for “extra credit” everyone suggests health policy stories that they read this week that they think you should also read:
Julie Rovner: KFF Health News “”Republicans invite Medicaid to be filled with scammers. This man sees no choice but to violate the rules“By Katheryn Houghton.
Julie Appleby: NPR’s ”Many beauty products have toxic ingredients. Recently proposed accounts could change that“From Rachel Treisman.
Jessie Hellmann: Roll Call’s ”Kennedy’s skepticism of drug health lands on FDA Panel“By Ariel Cohen.
Alice Miranda Ollstein: The Associated Press “”Rfk Jr. promoted a food company that says it will make Americans healthy. Their meals are extremely“By Amanda Seitz and Jonel Aleccia.
Also mentioned in this week’s podcast:
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- Editor Emmarie Huetteman
