Journalists Explore Medicaid Work Rules, CDC Layoffs, and RFK Jr.'s 'MAHA' Mission

Journalists Explore Medicaid Work Rules, CDC Layoffs, and RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Mission

May 3, 2025

��ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani gave an update on how Ohio is using its opioid settlement funds on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on April 30.

Read Pattani’s coverage of opioid settlements in “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash.”

��ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the future of the Affordable Care Act on April 23, for C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” She also discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” tour on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on April 15.

��ýҕ�l Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on April 18.

Read Whitehead’s “States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs,” with reporting from Phil Galewitz and Katheryn Houghton.

��ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed layoffs at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on April 4.

Read Rachana Pradhan and Brett Kelman’s “Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records.”

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Journalists Explore Medicaid Work Rules, CDC Layoffs, and RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Mission

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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani gave an update on how Ohio is using its opioid settlement funds on WOSU Public Media’s “All Sides with Amy Juravich” on April 30. </p>

<li>Read Pattani’s coverage of opioid settlements in “<a href="/opioid-settlements/">Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash</a>.”</li>
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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed the future of the Affordable Care Act on April 23, for C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” She also discussed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” tour on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on April 15.</p>

<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on April 18.</p>

<li>Read Whitehead’s “<a href="/news/article/medicaid-work-requirements-job-training-programs-effectiveness/">States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs</a>,” with reporting from Phil Galewitz and Katheryn Houghton.</li>
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<p>�������ýҕ�l Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed layoffs at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on April 4.</p>

<li>Read Rachana Pradhan and Brett Kelman’s “<a href="/news/article/hhs-firings-federal-health-agencies-foia-requests-public-records/">Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records</a>.”</li>
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