Trumps Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
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New Year, New Congress, New Health Agenda
Episode 379Health is unlikely to be a top priority for the new GOP-led 119th Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. But its likely to play a key supporting role, with an abortion bill already scheduled for debate in the Senate. Meanwhile, its unclear when and how the new Congress will deal with the bipartisan bills jettisoned from the previous Congress year-end omnibus measure including a major deal to rein in the power of pharmacy benefit managers. In this catch up on all the news you missed episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
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Health Care Is Newsoms Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.
As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape his national profile for better or worse. And now, Donald Trump brings a new wrinkle.
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Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.
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Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to Frustration With Health Industry
窪蹋勛圖厙 News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
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Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trumps Return
Donald Trumps first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers dont want to risk backtracking during Trumps second administration.
End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill
Episode 377Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate successfully negotiated an enormous end-of-Congress health package, including bipartisan efforts to address prescription drug prices only to see it blown up at the last minute after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump applied pressure. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court accepted its first abortion-related case of the term, and the attorney general of Texas sued a doctor in New York for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Victoria Knight of Axios join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman about what happened in health policy in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.
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Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges
The number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov the federal marketplace that serves 31 states is well below last years as of early December. Also, a Biden administration push to give Dreamers access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.
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Trumps Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but Team of Opponents
The president-elects choices to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, FDA, and CDC, hold positions on issues including abortion and vaccination that are often at odds.
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Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes
Donald Trumps second term is reigniting mistrust in health services among California immigrants, making it harder for community health workers to get people enrolled in Medi-Cal. Yet the president-elect is also seen as someone who could improve their lives with a better economy, even if that means forgoing health care.
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Federal Judge Halts Dreamers Brand-New Access to ACA Enrollment in 19 States
A federal judge sided with 19 states seeking an injunction against a Biden administration rule allowing recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to enroll in Affordable Care Act coverage and qualify for subsidies amid the annual open enrollment period.
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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.s Watch
Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal laws and programs. If senior officials cast doubt on vaccine safety, the whole system might collapse, especially in red states.
By Arthur Allen A Colorful Cast Could Lead Key Health Agencies
Episode 375President-elect Donald Trump has made his choices to fill some top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services. They include controversial figures who were vocal critics of the Biden administrations handling of the covid pandemic and have proposed sweeping changes to the agencies they would lead. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court heard its first two health-related cases of the term, challenging a Tennessee law barring transgender medical care for minors and, separately, challenging the FDAs handling of e-cigarettes. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University and Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Bram Sable-Smith, who reported and wrote the latest 窪蹋勛圖厙 News-Washington Post Well+Being Bill of the Month feature, about an emergency room bill for a visit that didnt get past the waiting room.
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9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. Coverage could be at risk in the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid.
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With Trump on the Way, Advocates Look to States To Pick Up Medical Debt Fight
Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.
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Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump To Rescind Staffing Mandate
A Biden administration rule that imposed minimum rules on nursing levels may not survive, even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents care.
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Trump Doesnt Need Congress To Make Abortion Effectively Unavailable
President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail not to sign a nationwide abortion ban. But he wouldnt need to do so to make abortion difficult, or illegal, writes 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
By Julie Rovner Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room
Episode 374Public health, one of the more misunderstood concepts in the health world, is about the health of entire populations, rather than individuals. As a result, public health is closely tied to things like the environment, nutrition, and safety. With major concerns such as bird flu looming, President-elect Donald Trumps priorities could translate into efforts that undermine those of public health workers. In this special episode of 窪蹋勛圖厙 News What the Health?, chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner is joined by Healthbeat editor-in-chief Charlene Pacenti, 窪蹋勛圖厙 News public health correspondent Amy Maxmen, and Healthbeat New York City reporter Eliza Fawcett.
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Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
Nonmainstream doctors and leaders in health business are wielding serious muscle in shaping the incoming Trump administrations health policies and challenging prevailing thinking on public health, disease prevention, and chronic illness.
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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections
A private immigration detention center contractor has sued to block a California law allowing local public health officials to inspect facilities in response to allegations of medical neglect or unsanitary conditions.