Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
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Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Limbo
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Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs
While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs which account for 90% of U.S. prescriptions see trouble ahead for patients.
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In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet
Public health experts and advocates say that Health and Human Services regional offices, like the one in New York City, form the connective tissue between the federal government and locally based services.
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Even Where Abortion Is Still Legal, Many Brick-and-Mortar Clinics Are Closing
Some clinics that provide abortions are closing, even in states where voters have passed some of the nation’s broadest abortion protections. Its happening in places like New York, Illinois, and Michigan, as reproductive health care faces new financial pressures.
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Californians Receiving In-Home Care Fear Medicaid Cuts Will Spell End to Independent Living
Bay Area senior Carol Crooks doesnt know where congressional Republicans will land on Medicaid cuts as they look to fund a tax bill, but her health has already deteriorated as she worries about losing the help she needs to remain in her Oakland apartment and out of a nursing home.
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GOP Tries To Cut Billions in Health Benefits
GOP-controlled House committees approved parts of President Donald Trumps one big, beautiful bill this week, including more than $700 billion in cuts to health programs over the next decade mostly from Medicaid, which covers people with low incomes or disabilities. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress for the first time since taking office and told lawmakers that Americans shouldnt take medical advice from him. Julie Appleby of 窪蹋勛圖厙 News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Pain Clinic CEO Faced 20 Years for Making Patients ‘Human Pin Cushions.’ He Got 18 Months.
Michael Kestner, CEO of Pain MD, was convicted of 13 fraud felonies after his company gave patients hundreds of thousands of questionable injections at clinics in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina.
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Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates End-of-Life Choices
Correctional officers often dictate end-of-life care for incarcerated people who are terminally ill. Most states either dont have a formal policy or are given leeway a big concern for families and advocates, as the incarcerated population rapidly ages.
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Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away
More Californians are getting mental health or substance use disorder treatment online or over the phone than in person, according to a 窪蹋勛圖厙 News analysis of UCLAs latest California Health Interview Survey. But the telehealth experience isnt always positive.
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Newsoms Pitch as He Seeks To Pare Down Immigrant Health Care: We Have To Adjust
Gov. Gavin Newsom said that hes proud his state expanded health care to all low-income residents regardless of immigration status but that tough budget times call for some adjustments. The Democrats new budget proposes scaling back benefits to adults living in the country illegally, as well as charging them a $100 monthly premium.
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RFK Jr.s Hearing With Senate HELP Committee: A Live Discussion
窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and KFFs Jennifer Kates break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s first hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as HHS secretary and answer your questions.
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The GOPs Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. Its Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.
Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or disabilities.
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Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
Taxpayers through federal infrastructure programs have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.
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Trumps Fast-Tracked Deal for a Copper Mine Heightens Existential Fight for Apache
Apache tribal members are already feeling psychological and spiritual harm as the Trump administration moves to fast-track a deal to turn their sacred land of Oak Flat, Arizona, into a copper mine.
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Listen: Black Swimmers Make Waves Overcoming Fear and Old Perceptions
Segregation and lack of access have kept many Black Americans from learning to swim, which raises their risk of drowning. Groups across the country are working to teach more Black kids and adults the skills to save their lives, or someone elses.
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After Promising Universal Health Care, California Governor Must Reconsider Immigrant Coverage
Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but after six years, the Democrat is forced to contemplate deep cuts including to the nations largest health care expansion to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.
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A Health Policy Veteran Puts 2025 in Perspective
Two stories from Washington, D.C., give listeners a sense of what changes the Trump administration has been making to health policy, with 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner and Arthur Allen.
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Readers Scrutinize Federal Cuts and Medical Debt
窪蹋勛圖厙 News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
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USDA Overstepped When It Banned SNAP Recipients' Sugary Purchases, Judge Rules
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Construction Of Ebola Quarantine Center In Kenya Brought To Standstill
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Woman Says 2 Texas Hospitals Denied Care For Miscarriage Despite Recent Law Meant To Clarify Rules
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