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Julie Rovner
KFF Well being Information
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Well being Information’ weekly well being coverage information podcast, “What the Well being?” A famous professional on well being coverage points, Julie is the writer of the critically praised reference ebook “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
The Inexpensive Care Act was signed into regulation 14 years in the past this week, and Well being and Human Companies Secretary Xavier Becerra joined KFF Well being Information’ Julie Rovner on this week’s “What the Well being?” podcast to debate its accomplishments to this point — and the challenges that stay for the well being regulation.
In the meantime, Congress seems on its solution to, lastly, ending the fiscal 2024 spending payments, together with funding for HHS — with out lots of the reproductive or gender-affirming well being care restrictions Republicans had sought.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Mary Agnes Carey of KFF Well being Information, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.
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Mary Agnes Carey
KFF Well being Information
Tami Luhby
CNN
Alice Miranda Ollstein
Politico
Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
- The Supreme Courtroom will hear oral arguments subsequent week in a case that might resolve whether or not the abortion tablet mifepristone will stay simply accessible. The case itself offers with nationwide restrictions fairly than an outright ban. However, relying on how the court docket guidelines, it might have far-reaching outcomes — for example, stopping individuals from getting the drugs within the mail and limiting how far into being pregnant the therapy can be utilized.
- The case is about greater than abortion. Drug corporations and medical teams are involved concerning the precedent it will set for courts to substitute their judgment for that of the FDA concerning drug approvals.
- Abortion-related poll questions are in play in a number of states. The full quantity in the end depends upon the success of citizen-led efforts to gather signatures to realize a spot. Such efforts face opposition from anti-abortion teams and elected officers who don’t need the questions to achieve the poll field. Their concern, primarily based on precedents, is that abortion protections are likely to go.
- The Biden administration issued an govt order this week to enhance analysis on ladies’s well being throughout the federal authorities. It has a number of parts, together with provisions meant to extend analysis on sicknesses and ailments related to postmenopausal ladies. It additionally goals to extend the variety of ladies collaborating in medical trials.
- This Week in Medical Misinformation: The Supreme Courtroom heard oral arguments within the case Murthy v. Missouri. At difficulty is whether or not Biden administration officers overstepped their authority when asking corporations like Meta, Google, and X to take away or downgrade content material flagged as covid-19 misinformation.
Plus, for “further credit score,” the panelists recommend well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose it is best to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: The Washington Put up’s “Arizona Lawmaker Tells Her Abortion Story to Show ‘Reality’ of Restrictions,” by Praveena Somasundaram. (Full speech here.)
Alice Miranda Ollstein: CNN’s “Why Your Doctor’s Office Is Spamming You With Appointment Reminders,” by Nathaniel Meyersohn.
Tami Luhby: KFF Well being Information’ “Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment,” by Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam.
Mary Agnes Carey: The New York Occasions’ “When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home,” by Paula Span, and The AP’s “State Medicaid Offices Target Dead People’s Homes to Recoup Their Health Care Costs,” by Amanda Seitz.
Additionally talked about on this week’s podcast:
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Francis Ying
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Stephanie Stapleton
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