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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…
2 years, 11 months 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…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Confusing Fate of the Abortion Pill
Episode 293
The legality and availability of the abortion pill mifepristone is in question after a federal judge in Texas canceled the FDA’s approval of the firs…
2 years, 11 months ago
The ‘Unwinding’ of Medicaid
Episode 292
As of April 1, states were allowed to begin reevaluating Medicaid eligibility for millions of Americans who qualified for the program during the covi…
2 years, 11 months ago
A Judicial Body Blow to the ACA
Episode 291
A federal judge in Texas has dealt a big setback to the Affordable Care Act. The same judge who tried in 2018 to declare the entire ACA unconstitutio…
3 years ago
The Policy, and Politics, of Medicare Advantage
Episode 290
Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to original Medicare, is embroiled in a controversy over whether insurers are overpaid and what it w…
3 years ago
Judging the Abortion Pill
Episode 289
Any day now a conservative federal judge in Texas could upend the national abortion debate by requiring the FDA to rescind its approval of mifepristo…
3 years ago
Biden Budget Touches All the Bases
Episode 288
Very little in the proposed budget released by the Biden administration is likely to become law, particularly with Republicans in charge of the U.S. …
3 years ago
March Medicaid Madness
Episode 287
President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress spent last month sparring over whether to shield Medicare and Social Security from budget cuts — lead…
3 years, 1 month ago
Senators Have Mental Health Crises, Too
Episode 286
When U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked himself into the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment of depression this …
3 years, 1 month ago