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Federal family planning funds, known as Title X, will soon fund for-profit womenâs clinics that bar condoms, hormonal birth control and IUDs and offer only ânatural family planning.â
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico talk about a spate of health-related legislative action on Capitol Hill, including Senate passage of a bill to address the opioid epidemic. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Politico talk about the latest court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, nomination hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and news from the reproductive health front. Plus, Rovner interviews Chad Terhune about the latest KHN/NPR âBill of the Monthâ installment.
California legislators approved some significant health care proposals in their rush to meet the Friday end-of-session deadline. They tackled controversial topics, such as making abortion pills available on college campuses, and adopted measures countering Trump administration attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
Among candidates running for Congress in upcoming elections are a smattering of left-leaning physicians who present a stark contrast to the predominantly Republican physicians currently in office.
Armed with poster board and catchy advertising slogans, abortion-rights activists in California and elsewhere are taking to sidewalks, buses and mobile phone apps to fight a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of crisis pregnancy centers.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Senate Democrats see health care as an issue that could keep their caucus unified as the confirmation battle heats up.
As with current abortion policies, a womanâs access to the procedure would continue to be determined by where she lives.
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Findings from a new poll build on other recent surveys to suggest that Americans might not want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, but opinions vary when examined by party affiliation.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the possible impact of the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on health issues. Also, in honor of our first anniversary, the panelists offer up their thoughts on the biggest health policy stories of the past year.
Some public health officials fear that the Trump administrationâs proposals to change how Title X funding is handled may impede the effort to cut the record number of sexually transmitted diseases.
The Trump administration is pulling out an old regulation that it believes will be able to meet a key conservative goal: withholding some federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the governmentâs family planning program.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call discuss President Donald Trumpâs proposals to control prescription drug prices and the efforts to sell the plan to lawmakers and the public. Also, Rovner interviews emeritus law professor Timothy Jost about the state of the Affordable Care Act.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the latest on statesâ efforts to reshape their Medicaid programs, the kerfuffle over President Donald Trumpâs medical records and comments by former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price about Congressâ repeal of the Affordable Care Actâs âindividual mandateâ penalty. Rovner also interviews Harvard professor Robert Blendon about the complex politics of health in the coming midterm elections.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
Among changes by the Trump administration, new rules protect consumers living in areas with only one marketplace plan as well as those who oppose abortion and canât find a plan that doesnât cover the procedure.
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