Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures

Céline Gounder, ��ýҕ�l Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 2.

��ýҕ�l Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 27.

Read Renuka Rayasam’s “When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage.”

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<h2>Journalists Capsulize Weight Loss News and ACA Premium Pressures</h2>
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<p>Céline Gounder, �������ýҕ�l Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ <em>CBS Mornings</em> on April 2.</p><ul><li></li></ul><p>�������ýҕ�l Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s <em>The Georgia Health Report</em> on March 27.</p><ul><li></li><li>Read Renuka Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/priced-out-health-insurance-costs-kentucky-tennessee-south-carolina/">When Health Insurance Costs More Than the Mortgage</a>.” </li></ul><p /><em><a href="/about-us">�������ýҕ�l Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about .</em><p><a href="/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to �������ýҕ�l Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="/news/article/on-air-april-4-2026-weight-loss-pills-aca-premiums/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="">�������ýҕ�l Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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