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President Trump is trying to unilaterally change the number and schedule of childhood vaccines in the U.S., though it remains unclear how much of an impact his orders will have. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Paula Andalo, who wrote the latest āBill of the Month.ā
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Special Medicaid programs in many states allow disabled people to work while receiving benefits, and most limit how much participants can earn and the assets they can hold. Some Iowans are pushing lawmakers to remove those limits, which they say can dampen their career prospects.
The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. Thatās despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can improve access to care and patient health in those communities.
Virginia Medicaid started covering doula care four years ago. But logistical and administrative challenges leave many expectant parents without the support of a doula.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Washington, D.C.ās 2027 fiscal-year blueprint reflects a debate playing out around the U.S.: whether opioid settlement money should be used to free up taxpayer dollars by paying for existing responsibilities instead of new programs.
Michigan voters this week chose former Detroit public health director Abdul El-Sayed as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. El-Sayed has made āMedicare for Allā a major part of his campaign. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Amanda Seitz of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, as part of the āHow Would You Fix It?ā series, Rovner interviews Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.).
Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal governmentās list of exemptions left off homeless people.
Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey wants to offer universal healthcare until age 26. He sat down with Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to answer the question: āHow Would You Fix It?ā
Host Dan Weissmann talks with Julie Rovner, Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent and host of the āWhat the Health?ā podcast, about how cuts to federal programs are reshaping American healthcare.
Ahead of Medicaid work requirements, a health plan in California hopes to stanch the number of people losing coverage by using an AI program to schedule appointments and remind enrollees to fill out paperwork. The plan says it can do the work of 40 employees at a fraction of the cost.
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states arenāt required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes. The new position has added momentum to statesā existing legal challenges to the requirement and triggered worries among people who rely on these services.
The Democratic candidate for governor says he would make Iowa the second state to drop private Medicaid management companies, which he calls āa disaster.ā
A new report finds that participation in the federal food stamp program is down far more than was predicted when the Republican-led Congress approved cuts in 2025. That portends a similar fate for Medicaid, as states ready comparable changes. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss the news. Also, as part of the āHow Would You Fix It?ā series, Rovner interviews GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
Complex computer systems that decide whether people, including the disabled, get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trumpās signature tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.
Final regulations on Medicaid work requirements say enrollees must regularly obtain documentation ā possibly from medical professionals ā to prove that theyāre too sick to work. Doctors say the rules put them in a tough spot.
Most of the federal Medicaid cuts donāt take effect until 2027, but many states are already cutting budgets in anticipation of getting fewer health dollars from Washington. Meanwhile, Congress is back from break, but progress on legislative priorities remains slow. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. And as part of the āHow Would You Fix It?ā series, Rovner interviews Elizabeth Mitchell of the Purchaser Business Group on Health.
A ballot measure to eliminate Missouriās income tax would give the state legislature broad authority to levy new sales taxes to replace the lost revenue. Critics say that could mean adding a sales tax on medical services or prescription medicines. Those types of taxes are unusual, but not unheard of, in the U.S.
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