Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Lawmakers and patients want to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Hospitals, doctors and insurers say they want to eliminate them, too, but their opposition to one anothers proposals could complicate legislative efforts. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about reproductive health and health care sharing ministries.
Supporters of the rule say it would strengthen health care professionals freedom of conscience, but opponents say it empowers bad actors to be bad actors.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The scientific use of tissue from aborted fetuses has frequently been a hot point of contention between anti-abortion forces and researchers. It heats up again as federal officials announced this week they were ending NIH research using the tissue.
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the Trump administrations efforts to curtail federally funded research using fetal tissue, the backlash from former Vice President Joe Bidens support for the anti-abortion Hyde Amendment and how health policy intersects with both trade and immigration policy.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
For our 100th episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Sandhya Ramen of CQ Roll Call join KHNs Julie Rovner to take a deep dive into the abortion debate, discussing everything from the latest news to the history of the Supreme Courts jurisprudence as well as how states are trying to further expand or restrict abortion rights and access. Also, Rovner interviews KHNs Lauren Weber about the latest Bill of the Month installment.
While Missouris final abortion clinic may stop providing the procedure this week, women in the state had already been seeking care in neighboring states as regulations increasingly limited abortion access.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the latest Democratic efforts to push Medicare for All in the U.S. House. They also review new initiatives to raise the federal minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 and new lawsuits challenging the Trump administrations actions on reproductive health. Also, for extra credit, the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.
KHNs Julie Rovner is among a panel of experts who take questions about the future of abortion restrictions from listeners on WAMUs 1A.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the new abortion bans passed in Alabama and Georgia; bipartisan congressional efforts to end surprise out-of-network medical bills; and a new public option health insurance plan soon to be available in Washington state.
KHNs Julie Rovner discusses on WBURs Here and Now some of the surprising ramifications that could follow abortion restrictions passed recently in some states.
The claim by Democratic presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is correct but could use more context and clarification.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about the Trump administrations effort to allow health care practitioners and organizations to refuse to provide care or refer patients for services that violate their conscience or religion. Also this week, the administration orders TV ads for prescription drugs to include list prices. And Tennessee wants free rein from the federal government to run its Medicaid program. Plus, Rovner interviews Joan Biskupic, author of a new book on Chief Justice John Roberts, about the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the 2012 ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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