Democrats Rally Against Threats To The ACA To Block Trumpâs Supreme Court Nominee
Senate Democrats see health care as an issue that could keep their caucus unified as the confirmation battle heats up.
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If High Court Reverses Roe V. Wade, 22 States Poised To Ban Abortion
As with current abortion policies, a womanâs access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
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Trump’s Next High Court Pick Likely To Target Abortion. Is That What The Public Wants?
Findings from a new poll build on other recent surveys to suggest that Americans might not want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, but opinions vary when examined by party affiliation.
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KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Podcast Turns 1. Justice Kennedy Retires. Now What?
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the possible impact of the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on health issues. Also, in honor of our first anniversary, the panelists offer up their thoughts on the biggest health policy stories of the past year.
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The ‘Perfect Storm’: Redirecting Family Planning Funds Could Undercut STD Fight
Some public health officials fear that the Trump administrationâs proposals to change how Title X funding is handled may impede the effort to cut the record number of sexually transmitted diseases.
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Trump Proposes Cutting Planned Parenthood Funds. What Does That Mean?
The Trump administration is pulling out an old regulation that it believes will be able to meet a key conservative goal: withholding some federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the governmentâs family planning program.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Much Ado About Drug Prices
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call discuss President Donald Trumpâs proposals to control prescription drug prices and the efforts to sell the plan to lawmakers and the public. Also, Rovner interviews emeritus law professor Timothy Jost about the state of the Affordable Care Act.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Medicaid, Privacy And Tom Price’s Return
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the latest on statesâ efforts to reshape their Medicaid programs, the kerfuffle over President Donald Trumpâs medical records and comments by former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about Congressâ repeal of the Affordable Care Actâs âindividual mandateâ penalty. Rovner also interviews Harvard professor Robert Blendon about the complex politics of health in the coming midterm elections.
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Best Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
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4 New Ways You Can Avoid Fines For Not Having Health Insurance
Among changes by the Trump administration, new rules protect consumers living in areas with only one marketplace plan as well as those who oppose abortion and canât find a plan that doesnât cover the procedure.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?’ Itâs Nerd Week
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the Trump administrationâs latest effort to revise rules for next yearâs Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They also discuss state efforts to stabilize their individual markets in light of some of the changes being made at the federal level.
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How A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine
An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushingâs syndrome â and itâs bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the apparent demise of bipartisan legislation aimed at shoring up parts of the Affordable Care Act. They also discuss aggressive new efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.
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States Extend Medicaid For Birth Control, Cutting Costs â And Future Enrollment
Medicaid family planning programs reduce unplanned births, but some are caught in disputes over federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
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Clash Over Abortion Hobbles A Health Bill. Again. Hereâs How.
As Congress considers a bipartisan bill to help hold down premium prices on the health lawâs marketplaces, a long-standing fight over abortion reappears.
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Podcast: KHNâs âWhat The Health?â Rocky Road Ahead In Congress For Insurance Market Bills
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the problems that are making congressional efforts to pass legislation to stabilize the individual insurance market a long shot.
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Campus Voices: Should Student Health Centers Offer Abortion Pills?
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would require student health centers at all of the stateâs four-year public universities to carry the abortion pill. Students at campuses across the state sounded off on the proposal.
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Podcast: KHN’s âWhat The Health?â The State Of The (Health) Union
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Julie Appleby and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss President Donald Trumpâs promises to reduce drug prices in his first State of the Union Address. The panelists also discuss the departure of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after conflict-of-interest reports and the efforts by some states to flout the Affordable Care Act.
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In Trumpâs First Year, Anti-Abortion Forces Make Strides Despite Setbacks
As a candidate, the president promised a ban on abortions that take place after 20 weeks and federal funding to Planned Parenthood, but Congress has not obliged. Still, other anti-abortion policy goals have been realized.
By Julie Rovner