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The GOP Still Can’t Agree on a Health Plan

Episode 425

Dec. 4, 2025

Senate Democrats were promised a vote by mid-December on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Republicans still can’t decide whether they want to put forward their own alternative or what that might include. Meanwhile, the CDC and FDA are roiled by debates over vaccines. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join ��ϳԹ�� News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews ��ϳԹ�� News’ Aneri Pattani about her project tracking opioid settlement payments.

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Rural Health Payout

Republicans Left Tribes Out of Their $50B Rural Fund. Now It’s Up to States To Share.

The Trump administration has championed its Rural Health Transformation Program as an investment in American families who have been left behind. But Native American tribes, whose communities have a significant presence in rural America and have some of the greatest health needs, are ineligible to apply directly for funding.

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

Dec. 4, 2025

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Trump Wants Americans To Make More Babies. Critics Say His Policies Won’t Help Raise Them.

The administration’s embrace of the pronatalist movement often doesn’t include support for programs traditionally associated with the health and well-being of women, children, and families.

By Stephanie Armour and Amanda Seitz

Dec. 3, 2025

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BROKEN REHAB

They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.

Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.

By Jordan Rau

Dec. 2, 2025

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Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.

People on Medicaid deemed “medically frail” won’t need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.

By Samantha Liss and Sam Whitehead

Dec. 1, 2025

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More People Are Caring for Dying Loved Ones at Home. A New Orleans Nonprofit Is Showing Them How.

Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the onset of the covid pandemic. A New Orleans nonprofit is teaching people how to provide end-of-life care for relatives and community members.

By Halle Parker, Verite News

Nov. 25, 2025

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The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA

Episode 423

Nov. 20, 2025

Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health care. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to leave his mark on the agency, with the CDC altering its website to suggest childhood vaccines could play a role in causing autism. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join ��ϳԹ�� News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Avik Roy.

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The Government Is Open

Episode 422

Nov. 13, 2025

The record-long federal shutdown is over after a small group of Democrats agreed to a deal with most Republicans that funds the government through January — but, notably, does not extend more generous Affordable Care Act tax credits. Plus, new details are emerging about how the Trump administration is using the Medicaid program to advance its policy goals. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join ��ϳԹ�� News’ Emmarie Huetteman to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, ��ϳԹ�� News’ Julie Rovner interviews ��ϳԹ�� News’ Julie Appleby, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.

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Letters to the Editor

Readers Take Congress to Task and Offer Their Own Health Policy Fixes

��ϳԹ�� News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Nov. 12, 2025

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Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor

During a California gubernatorial debate, candidates promised to protect people’s access to health care and fight back against Trump administration cuts. With the contest a year away, polling shows voters want the next governor to minimize out-of-pocket health care costs, increase mental health care, and expand caregiving services.

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Nov. 10, 2025

Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care

As voters feel financial pressure from runaway health care costs and crave innovations that would provide relief, the standoff in Congress has been firmly rooted in the status quo — keeping an existing provision of the Affordable Care Act alive.

By Stephanie Armour

Nov. 10, 2025

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Journalists Shed Light on Opioid Settlement Cash, New Medicaid Work Requirements

��ϳԹ�� News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Nov. 8, 2025

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Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants

Federal health authorities have taken the "unprecedented" step of instructing states to investigate certain individuals on Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they’ve received more than 170,000 names collectively.

By Phil Galewitz

Nov. 3, 2025

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The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net

The HHS office that administers the Title X family planning program has been effectively shut down. And with cuts to federal funding for other family health programs, expected Medicaid cuts, and the potential lapse of ACA subsidies, health leaders fear they are seeing the biggest setback to U.S. reproductive care in half a century.

By Céline Gounder

Oct. 30, 2025

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Reporters Cover the Shutdown and the Use of AI in Health Care

��ϳԹ�� News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Oct. 25, 2025

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Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown

Episode 419

Oct. 23, 2025

Two major nutrition programs — SNAP and WIC — are likely to exhaust their funding in November, and the furloughs and firings at the CDC have left the agency unable to perform some of its major functions. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s new IVF policy is being met with dissatisfaction from both sides. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join ��ϳԹ�� News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews ��ϳԹ�� News’ Katheryn Houghton, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature.

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Officials Show Little Proof That New Tech Will Help Medicaid Enrollees Meet Work Rules

The Trump administration says it’s developing a digital tool to help people prove they’re meeting new Medicaid work requirements. ��ϳԹ�� News talked to officials from the two states running pilot programs and found little evidence of new — or effective — technology.

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Sam Whitehead

Oct. 23, 2025

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Private Medicare, Medicaid Plans Exaggerate In-Network Mental Health Options, Watchdogs Say

A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks. In some cases, investigators found providers had never had contracts with plans they were listed on.

By Tony Leys

Oct. 20, 2025

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Rural Health Payout

States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble

States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it’s not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid cuts loom.

By Sarah Jane Tribble

Oct. 17, 2025

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RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash

The health secretary’s statement doesn’t consider the impact that the Medicaid cuts advanced in the same law will have on health care in rural America.

By Arielle Zionts

Oct. 15, 2025

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