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Julie Rovner
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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 creator of the critically praised reference e book “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
Well being care may not have been the most important problem within the marketing campaign, however the return of Donald Trump to the presidency is prone to have a seismic impression on well being coverage over the following 4 years.
Adjustments to the Inexpensive Care Act, Medicaid, and the nation’s public well being infrastructure are doubtless on the agenda. However how far Trump goes will rely largely on who staffs key well being coverage roles and on whether or not Democrats take a majority within the U.S. Home, the place a number of races stay uncalled.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.
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Rachel Cohrs Zhang
Stat Information
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Alice Miranda Ollstein
Politico
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Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
As of Friday morning, it remained unclear which social gathering will management the Home subsequent yr. A Democratic-controlled Home would provide a test towards Republican coverage adjustments and a few management of key authorities oversight committees. A Republican Home would give the social gathering full management of Congress and the presidency. Both method, the social gathering in management can have a slim majority.
Majorities of voters in eight states voted to guard abortion rights — although the poll measures handed in solely seven states. (Greater than half of voters in Florida voted for the abortion rights measure, however the state requires at the least 60% assist for poll measures to go.)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — now a key voice within the Trump transition workforce — is telegraphing massive plans for well being coverage. Who results in Trump’s Cupboard will make a distinction, because the president-elect is seemingly outsourcing a lot of his well being coverage planning in favor of specializing in points such because the economic system, immigration, and commerce.
And conservative appointees all through the judicial system are prone to stay pleasant to Trump administration causes, which might open the door to extra challenges to federal insurance policies. A number of vital authorized challenges are already winding by means of the courts.
Additionally this week, Rovner interviews KFF Well being Information’ Jackie Fortiér, who reported and wrote the most recent KFF Well being Information-Washington Put up “Invoice of the Month” function, a few 2-year previous who had an costly run-in with a rattlesnake. Do you could have a medical invoice that’s exorbitant, baffling, infuriating, or all the above? Inform us about it!
Plus, for “additional credit score,” the panelists counsel well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose you need to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: KFF Well being Information’ “Dentists Are Pulling ‘Wholesome’ and Treatable Enamel to Revenue From Implants, Specialists Warn,” by Brett Kelman and Anna Werner of CBS Information.
Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “The Election’s Stakes for World Well being,” by Carmen Paun.
Rachel Cohrs Zhang: KFF Well being Information’ “As Nuns Disappear, Many Catholic Hospitals Look Extra Like Megacorporations,” by Samantha Liss.
Additionally talked about on this week’s podcast:
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