Episode Details

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the pod to take a look at the recent government shutdown, how health policy plays into it, HHS layoffs, the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, the ACA marketplace, and more.

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• Judge pauses shutdown layoffs at more than 30 federal agencies (NPR)
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• White House: Shutdown layoffs will be ‘north of 10,000’ (Politico)