Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots

��ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.

Céline Gounder, ��ýҕ�l Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.

��ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16.

Read Rayasam’s “Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices.”

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<h2>Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots</h2>
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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.</p><ul><li>.</li></ul><p>Céline Gounder, �������ýҕ�l Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS’ “CBS Mornings” on May 22 and May 21, respectively.</p><ul><li></li><li></li></ul><p>�������ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on May 16. </p><ul><li></li><li>Read Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/prison-end-of-life-care-dying-inmates-rights-alabama/">Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates’ End-of-Life Choices</a>.”</li></ul><ul><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?share=x">				Share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?share=facebook">				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/?share=linkedin">				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Talk%20Medicaid%20Cuts%20and%20New%20Limitations%20on%20Weight%20Loss%20Drugs%20and%20Covid%20Shots&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email">				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="/news/article/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/">				Print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li></ul><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-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots/">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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