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Au Revoir, Public Health Emergency
Episode 283
The Biden administration this week announced it would let the covid-19 public health emergency lapse on May 11, even as the Republican-led House was …
3 years, 3 months ago
Part II: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
Episode 282
In Part II of this special two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chie…
3 years, 4 months ago
Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
Episode 281
In Part I of this special, two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chie…
3 years, 4 months ago
As US Bumps Against Debt Ceiling, Medicare Becomes a Bargaining Chip
Episode 280
The debt ceiling crisis facing Washington puts Medicare and other popular entitlement programs squarely on the negotiating table this year as newly e…
3 years, 4 months ago
GOP House Opens With Abortion Agenda
Episode 279
Leaders of the new Republican-led U.S. House kicked off their legislative agenda with two bills supported by anti-abortion groups. While neither is l…
3 years, 4 months ago
Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes
Episode 278
The year-end spending bill passed by Congress in late December contains a wide array of health-related provisions, including a structure for states t…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Covid Coordinator Speaks
Episode 277
In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, talks with host Julie Rovner, K…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Covid Coordinator Speaks
Episode 277
In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, talks with host Julie Rovner, K…
3 years, 5 months ago
Health Spending? Only Congress Knows
Episode 276
Top negotiators in Congress have agreed to a framework for government spending into next year, but there are details to iron out before a vote — such…
3 years, 5 months ago
Congress Races the Clock
Episode 275
Sen. Raphael Warnock’s re-election in Georgia will give Democrats a clear-cut Senate majority for the first time in nearly a decade. Meanwhile, the c…
3 years, 5 months ago