Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits

November 15, 2025

��ýҕ�l Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed rising health care premiums on KPFA’s “Up Front” on Nov. 13.

on “Up Front” (starts at 08:19).
Read Boyd-Barrett’s “Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor.”

��ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed open enrollment and insurance costs on Vox’s “Explain It to Me” podcast on Nov. 9.

Hear Rovner on “Explain It to Me” (starts at 10:24) via or .

��ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed how changes to federal food assistance have affected refugees on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 7.

on “The Georgia Health Report.”
Read Rayasam’s “Refugees Will Be Among the First To Lose Food Stamps Under Federal Changes.”

X
Facebook
LinkedIn
Email
Print

Copy And Paste To Republish This Story

Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits

November 15, 2025

Article HTML

<h2>Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits</h2>

<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed rising health care premiums on KPFA’s “Up Front” on Nov. 13.</p>

<ul>
<li> on “Up Front” (starts at 08:19).</li>

<li>Read Boyd-Barrett’s “<a href="/news/article/california-governors-race-election-health-matters-forum-health-care/">Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor</a>.”</li>
</ul>

<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed open enrollment and insurance costs on Vox’s “Explain It to Me” podcast on Nov. 9.</p>

<ul>
<li>Hear Rovner on “Explain It to Me” (starts at 10:24) via  or .</li>
</ul>

<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed how changes to federal food assistance have affected refugees on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 7.</p>

<ul>
<li> on “The Georgia Health Report.”</li>

<li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/refugees-snap-benefits-food-aid-trump-law/">Refugees Will Be Among the First To Lose Food Stamps Under Federal Changes</a>.”</li>
</ul>

<p />
<div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-text sd-sharing"><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-x"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
				data-shared="sharing-x-2118079"
				class="share-x sd-button no-icon"
				href="/news/article/on-air-november-15-2025-journalists-health-care-costs-food-benefits/?share=x"
				target="_blank"
				aria-labelledby="sharing-x-2118079"
				>
				<span id="sharing-x-2118079" hidden>Click to share on X (Opens in new window)</span>
				<span>X</span>
			</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
				data-shared="sharing-facebook-2118079"
				class="share-facebook sd-button no-icon"
				href="/news/article/on-air-november-15-2025-journalists-health-care-costs-food-benefits/?share=facebook"
				target="_blank"
				aria-labelledby="sharing-facebook-2118079"
				>
				<span id="sharing-facebook-2118079" hidden>Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span>
				<span>Facebook</span>
			</a></li><li class="share-linkedin"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
				data-shared="sharing-linkedin-2118079"
				class="share-linkedin sd-button no-icon"
				href="/news/article/on-air-november-15-2025-journalists-health-care-costs-food-benefits/?share=linkedin"
				target="_blank"
				aria-labelledby="sharing-linkedin-2118079"
				>
				<span id="sharing-linkedin-2118079" hidden>Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)</span>
				<span>LinkedIn</span>
			</a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
				data-shared="sharing-email-2118079"
				class="share-email sd-button no-icon"
				href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Untangle%20Issues%20of%20Health%20Care%20Costs%20and%20Food%20Benefits&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email"
				target="_blank"
				aria-labelledby="sharing-email-2118079"
				data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. You may need to create a new email yourself." data-email-share-nonce="c032abda28" data-email-share-track-url="/news/article/on-air-november-15-2025-journalists-health-care-costs-food-benefits/?share=email">
				<span id="sharing-email-2118079" hidden>Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)</span>
				<span>Email</span>
			</a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
				data-shared="sharing-print-2118079"
				class="share-print sd-button no-icon"
				href="/news/article/on-air-november-15-2025-journalists-health-care-costs-food-benefits/"
				target="_blank"
				aria-labelledby="sharing-print-2118079"
				>
				<span id="sharing-print-2118079" hidden>Click to print (Opens in new window)</span>
				<span>Print</span>
			</a></li></ul></div></div></div>

We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask:

You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and ��ýҕ�l Health News” in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the story.

Have questions? Let us know at KHNHelp@kff.org

More From ��ýҕ�l Health News

A small group of people sit and stand on the steps of the South Carolina State House.

‘Abortion as Homicide’ Debate in South Carolina Exposes GOP Rift as States Weigh New Restrictions

A man and a woman lean against the fences of a fenced-in area with straw on the ground and four visible goats. The woman with straight dark hair wears a dark blue sweatshirt with striped pants and smiles at the camera. The man with a beard wears a straw hat, camouflage sweatshirt, and camouflage pants is in the middle of talking and looks a something off-camera.

Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans. They’re Looking for a Plan B.

A photo of a store exterior with graffiti tags on the outside.

Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.

Journalists Update Listeners on Expiration of Insurance Subsidies and New Rural Health Funding

�������ýҕ�l

Related Topics

More From �������ýҕ�l Health News

��ýҕ�l

More From ��ýҕ�l Health News