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Live from Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like
Episode 303
What does a day in the life of the nation’s top health official really look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? In this spe…
2 years, 11 months ago
Slow Your Disenroll
Episode 302
More than a million Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended. The Biden administration is asking states to slow disenro…
2 years, 11 months ago
Debt Deal Leaves Health Programs (Mostly) Intact
Episode 301
The bipartisan deal to extend the U.S. government’s borrowing authority includes future cuts to federal health agencies, but they are smaller than ma…
2 years, 11 months ago
Our 300th Episode!
Episode 300
When KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” podcast launched in 2017, Republicans in Washington were engaged in an (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign to…
2 years, 11 months ago
When an Anti-Vaccine Activist Runs for President
Episode 299
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s official entry into the presidential race poses a thorny challenge for journalists: how to cover a candidate who’s opposed to…
3 years ago
The Abortion Pill Goes Back to Court
Episode 298
A three-judge appeals court panel heard testimony this week about revoking the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of a key pill used in medication abortion a…
3 years ago
The Crisis Is Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
Episode 297
The public health emergency declaration for covid-19 ends May 11, ushering in major changes in how Americans can access and pay for the vaccines, tre…
3 years ago
Health Programs at Risk as Debt Ceiling Cave-In Looms
Episode 296
A warning from the Treasury Department that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as June 1 has galvanized lawmakers to intervene. But there is …
3 years ago
Dancing Under the Debt Ceiling
Episode 295
House Republicans passed their plan to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, along with major cuts to health (and other domestic) programs. Unlikely to be…
3 years, 1 month ago
Will They or Won’t They (Block the Abortion Pill)?
Episode 294
The Supreme Court is considering the future of the abortion pill mifepristone, after GenBioPro sued the FDA over limitations that effectively block g…
3 years, 1 month ago