The Host
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 skilled 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.
After narrowly passing within the Home in Could, President Donald Trump’s “One Large Stunning Invoice” has now arrived within the Senate, the place Republicans are struggling to determine whether or not to cross it, change it, or — as Elon Musk, who not too long ago stepped again from advising Trump, is demanding — kill it.
Including gasoline to the fireplace, the Congressional Funds Workplace estimates the invoice as written would improve the variety of People with out medical insurance by almost 11 million over the following decade. That quantity would develop to roughly 16 million ought to Republicans additionally not prolong further subsidies for the Inexpensive Care Act, which expire at yr’s finish.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Name, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Publish.
Panelists
Jessie Hellmann
CQ Roll Name
Alice Miranda Ollstein
Politico
Lauren Weber
The Washington Publish
Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
- Even earlier than the CBO launched estimates of what number of People stand to lose well being protection underneath the Home-passed price range reconciliation invoice, Republicans in Washington have been casting doubt on the nonpartisan workplace’s findings — as they did throughout their 2017 Inexpensive Care Act repeal effort.
- Responding to considerations about proposed Medicaid cuts, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican, this week stood behind her controversial rejoinder at a city corridor that “we’re all going to die.” The comment and its public response illuminated the problematic politics Republicans face in decreasing advantages on which their constituents rely — and should foreshadow marketing campaign fights to come back.
- Journalists revealed that Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s report on kids’s well being could have been generated no less than partly by synthetic intelligence. The telltale indicators within the report of what are known as “AI hallucinations” included citations to scientific research that don’t exist and a garbled interpretation of the findings of different analysis, elevating additional questions concerning the validity of the report’s suggestions.
- And the Trump administration this week revoked Biden-era steering on the Emergency Medical Therapy and Energetic Labor Act. Regardless, the underlying regulation instructing hospitals to take care of these experiencing being pregnant emergencies nonetheless applies.
Additionally this week, Rovner interviews KFF Well being Information’ Arielle Zionts, who reported and wrote the ad block “Bill of the Month” characteristic, a few Medicaid affected person who had an emergency in one other state and the massive invoice he acquired for his troubles. When you’ve got an infuriating, outrageous, or baffling medical invoice you’d prefer to share with us, you can do that here.
Plus, for “additional credit score,” the panelists counsel well being coverage tales they learn (or wrote) this week that they suppose you must learn, too:
Julie Rovner: KFF Well being Information’ “Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection,” by Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, and Arielle Zionts.
Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “‘They’re the Backbone’: Trump’s Targeting of Legal Immigrants Threatens Health Sector,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein.
Lauren Weber: The New York Occasions’ “Take the Quiz: Could You Manage as a Poor American?” by Emily Badger and Margot Sanger-Katz.
Jessie Hellmann: The New York Occasions’ “A DNA Technique Is Finding Women Who Left Their Babies for Dead,” by Isabelle Taft.
Additionally talked about on this week’s podcast:
Credit
Francis Ying
Audio producer
Emmarie Huetteman
Editor
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