Journalists Zero In on Opioid Settlement Cash, Congress, and the Medicaid Unwinding

August 5, 2023

��ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also featured Pattani on July 31 and Aug. 1 as it reported on how the debate around the spending is playing out in North Carolina and Ohio.

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Read Pattani’s “Repeating History: California County Plugs Budget Gap With Opioid Settlement Cash.”
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Read more articles in our “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash” investigation.

��ýҕ�l Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, discussed congressional health spending deadlines on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 1 and Medicaid disenrollment on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Aug. 2.

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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also featured Pattani on July 31 and Aug. 1 as it reported on how the debate around the spending is playing out in North Carolina and Ohio.</p>

<li>Read Pattani’s <a href="/news/article/repeating-history-california-county-plugs-budget-gap-with-opioid-settlement-cash/">“Repeating History: California County Plugs Budget Gap With Opioid Settlement Cash.”</a></li>

<li>Read more articles in our <a href="/opioid-settlements/">“Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash”</a> investigation.</li>
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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, discussed congressional health spending deadlines on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Aug. 1 and Medicaid disenrollment on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Aug. 2.</p>

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