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On āWhat the Health? From Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News,ā distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and host Julie Rovner sat down with Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF, to talk about the likelihood of a national health care debate.
A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies ā and other initiatives that have been high on the Make America Healthy Again to-do list ā threatens to upset a key voting bloc.
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A proposed abortion ban in South Carolina would have allowed the criminal prosecution of women who obtain the procedure. Itās unlikely to become law, but this bill and other proposals across the country show how some conservative lawmakers are embracing increasingly punitive abortion restrictions.
As voters feel financial pressure from runaway health care costs and crave innovations that would provide relief, the standoff in Congress has been firmly rooted in the status quo ā keeping an existing provision of the Affordable Care Act alive.
Medicaid may have monopolized Washingtonās attention lately, but big changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act as well. Meanwhile, Americans are learning more about whatās in Trumpās big budget law, and polls suggest many donāt like what they see. Julie Appleby of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews historian Jonathan Oberlander to mark Medicareās 60th anniversary.
President Donald Trump ordered a halt to gender-affirming medical care for transgender prisoners in federal custody, and to housing trans women in female prisons. The new policies raise alarms for a formerly incarcerated trans woman. She said the order denies lifesaving medical care and creates a road map for rape.
By withdrawing from the World Health Organization and overhauling aid, Trumpās new executive orders endanger Americans and the globe, researchers warn. The move also cedes U.S. power to other nations.
In his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on gender that affects transgender health care. The order aims to directly limit care for trans people incarcerated in federal prisons, but the broader implications on health aren't clear-cut.
President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care soon after reentering office. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Joe Bidenās moves, the orders will have little immediate impact.
Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entrĆ©e will result in any meaningful change in government oversight of āBig Foodā ā or in American health.
With just days to go before the official launch of a new administration, the GOP-led Congress is putting together plans on how to enact incoming President Donald Trumpās agenda, with a particular emphasis on cutting spending on the Medicaid program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration makes major moves in its last days, including banning a controversial food dye and ordering cigarette companies to minimize their nicotine content. Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the latest Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News āBill of the Monthā feature, about a colonoscopy that came with a much larger price tag than estimated.
Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts voters have elected indicate legal fights to come arenāt clear-cut.
Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.
Health is unlikely to be a top priority for the new GOP-led 119th Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. But itās likely to play a key supporting role, with an abortion bill already scheduled for debate in the Senate. Meanwhile, itās unclear when and how the new Congress will deal with the bipartisan bills jettisoned from the previous Congressā year-end omnibus measure ā including a major deal to rein in the power of pharmacy benefit managers. In this ācatch up on all the news you missedā episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Donald Trumpās first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers donāt want to risk backtracking during Trumpās second administration.
The number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov ā the federal marketplace that serves 31 states ā is well below last yearās as of early December. Also, a Biden administration push to give āDreamersā access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.
A new tax on guns and ammunition in Colorado is set to take effect in the spring. Voters approved the tax, with most of the proceeds going to support services for crime victims and other social programs.
Donald Trumpās second term is reigniting mistrust in health services among California immigrants, making it harder for community health workers to get people enrolled in Medi-Cal. Yet the president-elect is also seen as someone who could improve their lives with a better economy, even if that means forgoing health care.
The president-electās choices to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, FDA, and CDC, hold positions on issues including abortion and vaccination that are often at odds.
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