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In this episode of āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the start of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, legislative efforts on Capitol Hill on taxes and childrenās health insurance, and recommendations of the presidentās opioid commission.
The Vermont senator found a friendly audience when he took his āMedicare-for-all messageā to Canada.
In this episode of āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the bipartisan plan in the Senate to stabilize the individual insurance exchanges, and President Donald Trumpās mixed messages about his support or lack thereof.
The bipartisan accord would restore funding for the cost-sharing reductions that President Donald Trump ended last week and would give states more flexibility to devise alternatives for providing and subsidizing health care.
Eight teaching centers in California aim to train and retain doctors in medically underserved areas such as Californiaās Central Valley. They are among 57 such institutions across the country that may soon receive a boost in funding from Congress.
In this episode of āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss Congressā tardiness in renewing the Childrenās Health Insurance Plan (CHIP), and play the parlor game of who might become the new secretary of Health and Human Services. Also, the pod panel interviews Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) about his new Medicare buy-in bill.
Federal funding for the Childrenās Health Insurance Program expired Sept. 30. Many states still have money in their budgets, but theyāll be worried until Congress renews the program.
Tom Price resigned from running the Department of Health and Human Services after a series of news stories detailing how he tallied more than $400,000 in private plane travel paid for by taxpayers.Ā
At a political rally in March, President Donald Trump said drug prices are āoutrageousā and blamed campaign contributions. Drugmakers funneled nearly $280,000 to Congress the very next day.
The clinics, which serve many poor people, are tightening spending in case Congress doesnāt approve new funding for them before the governmentās 2018 fiscal year starts Sunday.
Even though the Affordable Care Act has dodged another legislative bullet, it still faces challenges.
Hundreds of protesters were turned away from the Senateās public hearing on the Graham-Cassidy bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, but they made their feelings known outside the door.
The statement from the Maine senator came after the Congressional Budget Office said the bill would cause millions of people to become uninsured.
Any momentum to address prescription drug costs has been lost amid rancorous debates over replacing Obamacare and stalled by roadblocks erected via lobbying and industry cash.
The measure proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would disrupt the existing health system more than any of the measures considered so far this year, according to supporters and critics.
In this Facebook Live, KHN's Julie Rovner talks to Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus, about the current state of play on CHIP reauthorization.
The Affordable Care Act gave some Americans the chance to strike out on their own in new business ventures because they didn't have to worry about keeping a job just for health insurance. But the repeal-and-replace efforts reignited this week create uncertainty about whether they can count on that insurance option in the future.
In this episode of āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss Senate Republicansā last-ditch effort to upend the Affordable Care Act ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
Republicans are making a concerted push to unite around a bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy that would gut major provisions of the federal health law.
In this episode of āWhat the Health?ā Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal discuss Democratic, Republican and bipartisan health proposals all being pursued in Congress, including the latest version of Sen. Bernie Sandersā (I-Vt.) āMedicare-for-Allā proposal. Plus, for āextra credit,ā the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
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