Podcasts by KHNs What the Health?

It’s Health Costs, Stupid (2022 Edition) from 2022-02-17T19:21:53

As the pandemic wanes, for now, the ever-rising cost of health care is again taking center stage.

Meanwhile, a year into the Biden administration, the FDA finally has a Senate-confirme...

FDA Takes Center Stage from 2022-02-10T19:42:23

Congress is set to start its once-every-five-years review of the law that authorizes user fees to finance the hiring of personnel to speed the FDA review of drugs. The periodic renewals of “PDUF...

Paging the HHS Secretary from 2022-02-03T19:30:44

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is drawing criticism for his hands-off handling of the covid crisis even though the heads of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Na...

Record ACA Enrollment Puts Pressure on Congress from 2022-01-27T18:41:12

Temporary subsidies helped boost enrollment under the Affordable Care Act to a record 14.5 million, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. But unless Democrats in Congress ext...

Roe v. Wade’s (Possibly Last) Anniversary from 2022-01-20T18:52:25

Jan. 22 marks the 49th — and very likely last — anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion decision, Roe v. Wade. The court’s conservative supermajority seems poised...

Dealing With Drug Prices from 2022-01-13T19:06:16

Medicare officials tentatively plan to restrict the use of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug to only those patients participating in clinical trials, while the Department of Health and Human Serv...

Contagion Confusion from 2022-01-06T19:25:27

It’s 2022 and the covid-19 pandemic is still with us, as are congressional efforts to pass President Joe Biden’s big health and social spending bill. But other issues seem certain to take center...

Manchin Blows Up Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ from 2021-12-22T19:33:35

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) dealt a blow to congressional efforts to pass President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda bill, forcing Democrats to regroup starting in 2022.

Meanwhile, the omicr...

Oh, Oh, Omicron from 2021-12-16T19:50:05

Even before the omicron variant of covid starts to spread widely in the U.S., hospitals are filling up with post-holiday delta cases.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court signals — loudly — th...

Much Ado About (Vaccine) Mandates from 2021-12-09T19:56:08

The fight over covid vaccines continues to intensify, with Republicans on Capitol Hill pushing — with some success — to cancel President Joe Biden’s “test regularly or vaccinate” requirement for...

Roe v. Wade on the Rocks from 2021-12-02T19:08:23

A Supreme Court majority appears ready to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights, at least judging by the latest round of oral arguments before the justices.

And a new covid varia...

The Big Biden Budget Bill Passes the House from 2021-11-23T19:07:38

President Joe Biden’s social spending budget is on its way to the U.S. Senate, where Democratic leaders are (optimistically) hoping to complete work by the end of the year. Meanwhile, covid is s...

Boosting Confusion from 2021-11-18T19:18:28

Federal health officials appear poised to extend a recommendation for covid boosters to all adults, following moves by some governors and mayors to broaden the eligible booster pool as caseloads...

Why Health Care Is So Expensive, Chapter $22K from 2021-11-11T18:49:40

Congress is making slow progress toward completing its ambitious social spending bill, although its Thanksgiving deadline looks optimistic. Meanwhile, a new survey finds the average cost of an e...

Compromise Is Coming — Maybe from 2021-11-04T17:42:27

Democratic negotiators on Capitol Hill appear to be nearing a compromise on President Joe Biden’s social spending agenda, spurred partly by Democratic losses on Election Day in Virginia. Meanwhi...

Interview with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog from 2021-10-29T08:00:51

In this interview highlight with KHN's Julie Rovner, Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog breaks down the Supreme Court case over Texas’ controversial abortion law.

See See aca...

Democrats Do Drugs (Prices) from 2019-10-17T18:29:34

House Democrats start legislative work on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s prescription drug pricing bill; health is again a featured player in the Democratic presidential candidate debate; and courts ...

Trump Merges Health And Immigration from 2019-10-10T18:19:59

President Donald Trump has ordered that legal immigrants obtain health insurance within 30 days of arriving or prove they can pay for any possible medical need ? another policy certain to be challe...

Trump Turns To Medicare from 2019-10-03T17:17:44

President Donald Trump, dogged by an impeachment inquiry, tries to change the subject by traveling to Florida to unveil an executive order aimed at expanding the role of private Medicare health pla...

Impeachment And The Health Agenda from 2019-09-26T17:33:10

Washington is abuzz with impeachment talk, but what impact would such a move have on congressional action on prescription drug prices and surprise bills? Also, a study out this week shows that heal...

Tennessee Seeks Medicaid Changes from 2019-09-19T17:00:46

Tennessee wants to be the first state to convert its Medicaid program to a block grant. But is its plan even legal? Meanwhile, Congress continues to struggle with legislation to rein in prescriptio...

Despite Booming Economy, Uninsured Rate Ticks Up from 2019-09-12T18:36:36

Nearly 2 million more Americans were uninsured in 2018 than the previous year, according to the Census Bureau’s annual report. Plus, the Trump administration announced plans to ban flavored vape li...

Waiting For The Trump Health Plan from 2019-09-05T17:31:52

President Donald Trump keeps promising a new health plan, but so far it’s nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is proposing a plan to cancel ...

All About Medicare from 2019-08-22T13:39:59

Before “Medicare for All,” there was just Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to 60 million Americans. This week, KHN’s Julie Rovner talks to Tricia Neuman of the Kaiser Family Fo...

We Answer Your Questions from 2019-08-15T17:50:36

You asked about drug prices, the “Cadillac tax” on generous insurance plans and why Americans don’t know that most other countries also have combination public-private insurance systems. This week,...

Gun Violence And The Politics Of Public Health from 2019-08-08T18:54:38

The recent series of tragic mass shootings have refocused efforts to treat gun violence as a public health issue rather than strictly a law enforcement problem. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York T...

Deciphering The Democrats’ Health Debate from 2019-08-01T17:42:43

Health care was a major topic at the Democratic presidential candidate debates in Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the focus on plan minutiae may have left viewers more confused than edified. ...

Cue The Drug Price Debate from 2019-07-25T17:11:06

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee unveiled their long-awaited proposal to try to rein in prescription drug costs, even as bipartisan leaders of the other Senate committee th...

Biden Doubles Down On Obamacare from 2019-07-18T17:56:57

Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitors’ “Medicare for All” plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but w...

Could The ACA Really Go Away? from 2019-07-11T17:19:44

Is the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? That was the question before a federal appeals court in New Orleans this week. Two of the three judges on the panel seemed inclined to agree with...

All About ‘Medicare for All’ from 2019-07-02T13:56:21

Need to know more about “Medicare for All?” It’s a top issue in the Democratic presidential primary campaign. This holiday week, we are rerunning our explainer on the subject. But first, KHN’s “Wha...

Dems Debate Health Care from 2019-06-27T17:50:06

Democratic presidential candidates disagreed on how to fix health care in their first debate Wednesday, although they all called for boosting insurance coverage and lowering prices. Meanwhile, the ...

Health Politics Heading Into 2020: Live From Aspen! from 2019-06-24T15:18:37

How big an issue will health really be in the 2020 election? Will the Republicans find their political footing on the issue? In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Healt...

Who Will Pay To Fix Problem Of Surprise Medical Bills? from 2019-06-13T17:34:10

Lawmakers and patients want to eliminate “surprise” out-of-network medical bills. Hospitals, doctors and insurers say they want to eliminate them, too, but their opposition to one another’s proposa...

Fetal Tissue Research Is Latest Flashpoint In Abortion Debate from 2019-06-06T16:33:13

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to curt...

The State Of The Abortion Debate — A Deep Dive from 2019-05-30T14:05:27

For our 100th episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Sandhya Ramen of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to take a deep dive into the abortion deb...

Is ‘Medicare For All’ Losing Steam? from 2019-05-23T17:25:39

Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest Democratic efforts to push “Medic...

States Race To Reverse Roe from 2019-05-16T17:03:56

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the new abortion bans passed in Alabama and Georgia;...

‘Conscience’ Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare from 2019-05-09T17:43:43

Joanne Kenen of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about the Trump administration’s effort to...

Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello ‘Medicare-For-All’? from 2019-05-02T17:09:14

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest in news about the Trump admini...

The Abortion Wars Rage On from 2019-04-24T19:06:16

Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest news about women’s reproductive healt...

You Have Questions, We Have Answers from 2019-04-18T13:55:57

Jennifer Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN’s Julie Rovner to answer listener questions about the fate of the Affo...

Still More Medicare-For-All from 2019-04-11T16:47:23

Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest version of a “Medicare-for-all” b...

The GOP’s Health Reform Whiplash from 2019-04-04T16:20:38

Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest “will they or won’t they?” when it comes to Republic...

Health Care’s Back (In Court) from 2019-03-28T17:00:08

It’s been a wild week for health policy, mostly because of developments surrounding two different legal cases. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonar...

Surprise! Fixing Surprise Medical Bills Is Harder Than it Looks from 2019-03-21T16:31:17

Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the efforts to curb “surprise” medical bills to patients who inadvertently g...

The Karma Of Cutting Medicare from 2019-03-15T16:31:43

Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Ollstein of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the suggested cuts to health programs in President Donal...

What The Health: What’s Next For The FDA? from 2019-03-07T18:39:34

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the resignation of Food and Drug Administration...

'Medicare-For-All' Debate: Who’s Going To Pay from 2019-02-28T18:05:23

Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Jen Haberkorn of the Los Angeles Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the new “Medicare-for-all” b...

How Safe Are Your Supplements? from 2019-02-21T18:07:44

Alice Ollstein of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss the latest national health spending estimates, another FD...

“Medicare-For-All” For Dummies from 2019-02-14T18:18:20

The “Medicare–for-all” debate is already in full swing, but what does that phrase even mean? Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll ...

A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union from 2019-02-07T17:49:02

Health was a featured player in President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address. The president set goals to bring down prescription drug prices, end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and cure c...

Live From D.C.: A Look Ahead At Health Policy In 2019 from 2019-01-31T21:19:16

Congress and President Donald Trump are starting to wrestle with health policy issues, and health is already a key debate point in the early run-up to the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. Mi...

‘Medicare-For-All’? More? Some? from 2019-01-24T18:16:45

“Medicare-for-all” has become the rallying cry for Democrats in the new Congress. But there is a long list of other ways to increase insurance coverage. Meanwhile, the Trump administration continue...

Drug Prices Are Rising Again. Is Someone Going To Do Something About It? from 2019-01-17T17:59

As drugmakers hike prices, interest to rein them in is growing on Capitol Hill. Next week marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, and both the House, whose lead...

New Year, New Health Proposals from 2019-01-10T18:17:41

Democratic governors and mayors are unveiling new ideas to control costs and expand coverage. The federal government shutdown has spared most health agencies, but not all. And learn the latest on t...

Ask Us Anything! from 2019-01-03T17:38:59

From Medicare dental coverage to drug prices to fetal tissue research, the panelists answer listeners’ questions. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Win...

More On That Texas Lawsuit, And The Best And Worst Health Policy Stories Of The Year from 2018-12-20T18:55:05

The fallout continues from that Texas court decision that ruled Congress’ 2017 elimination of the tax penalty for failing to have insurance rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional....

What Just Happened To The ACA In Texas And What Happens Now? Special Bonus Edition from 2018-12-17T18:35:15

A federal district judge in Texas ruled Friday that Congress’ 2017 elimination of the tax penalty for failing to have insurance rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. What happen...

Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging — And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why from 2018-12-13T18:23:36

Sign-ups for insurance under the Affordable Care Act are still well behind last year’s mark with just a week until the end of open enrollment in most states. The Supreme Court declines a case that ...

Is Health Spending The Next Big Political Issue? from 2018-12-06T18:02:41

Diabetics dying because they can’t afford insulin. Organ transplant patients undergoing “wallet biopsies” to get on waiting lists. Are out-of-pocket costs going to dominate the health discussion in...

Episode 74: Reading The Tea Leaves In Blue Wave’s Wake from 2018-11-29T19:36:29

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Ollstein of Politico and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the...

Episode 73: Health Nerd Books For The Holidays from 2018-11-20T18:34:55

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the la...

Episode 72: Doctors, Guns and Lame Ducks from 2018-11-15T17:57

In this episode of KHN’s “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss how...

Episode 71: Split Decision On Health Care from 2018-11-08T17:58:57

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the Trum...

Episode 70: Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview from 2018-11-01T17:01:16

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the start...

Episode 68: Republicans’ Preexisting Political Problem from 2018-10-18T17:16:21

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss how p...

Episode 66: Some Things Old, Some Things New from 2018-10-04T18:08:54

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examin...

Episode 61: Ask Us Anything! from 2018-08-30T16:37:57

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico answer listeners’...

Episode 58: Coming Soon, ‘Long-Term, Short-Term’ Plans from 2018-08-09T16:59:25

In this episode of KHN’s “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of The Washington Examine...

Episode 53: Whither Work Requirements? from 2018-07-05T17:06:51

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the la...

Episode 52: Justice Kennedy Retires. Now What? from 2018-06-28T16:39:25

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times dis...

Episode 51: Live from Aspen! from 2018-06-22T21:00:03

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times report from the Spotlight Health portion of the...

Episode 50: California Here We Come from 2018-06-14T18:38:02

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Carrie Feibel of KQED San Francisco, Anna Maria Barry-Jester of FiveThirtyEight.com and Joanne Kenen of Politico repo...

Episode 49: Health Care Politics, Midterm Edition from 2018-06-07T16:12:59

In this episode of KHN’s “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call ...

Episode 48: Virginia, The VA And Military Medicine from 2018-05-31T17:14:16

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call discuss ...

Episode 47: Campaign Promises Kept, Plus 'Nerd Reports' from 2018-05-24T20:25:24

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Kliff of Vox and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss a prop...

Episode 46: Much Ado About Drug Prices from 2018-05-17T17:28:26

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call discuss President Donald Tru...

Episode 45: The Politics Of Rising Premiums And Menu Labeling from 2018-05-10T15:40:23

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Anna Edney of Bloomberg New...

Episode 44: Medicaid, Privacy, And The Return Of Tom Price from 2018-05-03T18:00:38

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss ...

Episode 43: What Next For The VA? from 2018-04-26T16:43:13

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the collapse o...

Episode 42: Nothing In Health Care Ever Goes Away from 2018-04-19T16:10:30

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washing...

Episode 41: It’s Nerd Week from 2018-04-12T16:38:44

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington P...

Episode 40: Alive And Limping: ACA In The Age Of Trump from 2018-04-05T08:30

In this special episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo ...

Episode 39: VA Secretary Out, Privatization In? from 2018-03-29T16:01:30

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss President Trum...

Episode 38: Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train from 2018-03-23T16:52:05

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the appar...

Episode 36: HHS Leaders Take To The Stump from 2018-03-08T17:45:26

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and new podcast panelist Anna Edney of Bloomberg N...

Episode 35: The ACA Heads Back To Court. Again. from 2018-03-01T17:46:12

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Sarah Kliff of Vox discuss the latest lawsuit ...

Episode 34: The Long Wait Ends For Short-Term Plan Rules from 2018-02-22T17:23:14

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Hea...

Episode 33: What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common? from 2018-02-15T18:19:44

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield-Cunningham o...

Episode 32: There’s a Really Big Health Bill in that Budget Deal from 2018-02-09T17:10:38

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss ...

Episode 31: The State of the (Health) Union from 2018-01-31T18:25:11

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, and Julie Appleby and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss Preside...

Episode 30: CHIP (Finally) Gets Funded from 2018-01-25T17:54:35

In this episode of “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discus...

Episode 29: Our First Live Show: What The Health Will Happen In 2018? from 2018-01-18T20:47:52

In this episode of “What the Health?” -- taped in front of a live audience -- Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff ...

Episode 28: Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage? from 2018-01-12T17:34:08

In this episode of “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss possible new work req...

Episode 27: While You Were Celebrating… from 2018-01-04T17:47:04

In this episode of “What The Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Paige Winfield Cunningham of the Washington Post, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New Y...

Episode 26: The Year In Health Policy from 2017-12-21T16:30:27

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss this w...

Episode 25: Farewell Individual Mandate from 2017-12-15T17:22:51

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss health...

Episode 24: Is Health Care Spending Still The Hungry, Hungry Hippo? from 2017-12-08T17:41:14

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of the Wall Street Journal, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger Katz of The New York T...

Episode 23: Taxes, Medicare And The Year-End Mess from 2017-11-30T18:33:11

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the possible impact of the tax bill o...

Episode 22: Meanwhile, In Other Health News… from 2017-11-21T19:03:40

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss some o...

Episode 21: Tax Bill Or Health Bill? from 2017-11-17T16:24:27

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the inclusion of health ...

Episode 20: We Have Numbers! from 2017-11-10T16:24:52

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the first days of open e...

Episode 19: How Confused Are We? from 2017-11-02T15:35:45

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post ...

Episode 18: Open Enrollment is Nigh from 2017-10-26T14:49:40

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss this yea...

Episode 17: Whiplash from 2017-10-19T16:03:03

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the bi...

Episode 16: Let’s Blow It All Up from 2017-10-13T15:07:38

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Sarah Kliff of Vox and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discuss the Trump admi...

Episode 15: Congress Is CHIPPING Away At Health Insurance For Kids from 2017-10-04T18:56:11

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss ...

Episode 14: Repeal And Replace Is Dead. What Now? from 2017-09-28T15:33:26

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of the Washi...

Episode 13: Zombie Repeal-And-Replace Bill Rises Again from 2017-09-20T15:40:51

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss Senate Republicans’ last-ditch effort to upen...

Episode 12: Health Plans Busting Out All Over from 2017-09-13T15:38:42

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, and Stephanie Armour of the Wall Street Journal discuss...

Episode 11: Welcome Back Congress. Now Get To Work. from 2017-09-08T17:43:48

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News discuss the ...

Episode 10: Hurricane Harvey And Health Costs from 2017-08-31T16:17:37

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the potential health impact of Hurricane Har...

Episode 9: Back To Health Crunch Come September from 2017-08-24T16:49:45

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the continuing efforts in Congres...

Episode 8: Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices? from 2017-08-17T16:26:24

In this episode of “What the Health?” Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News discus...

Episode 7: No Vacation For Insurers from 2017-08-10T16:06:36

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the state of the indi...

Episode 6: Now What? from 2017-08-01T16:53:54

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News discuss what happens now in the...

Episode 5: What a week! from 2017-07-28T16:39:28

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News deconstruct the drama leading ...

Episode 4: Senate Health Bill, Mostly Dead? from 2017-07-20T16:14:35

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times discuss t...

Episode 3: Senate Health Bill 2.0. Still On Life Support from 2017-07-14T14:38:37

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times discuss the changes to the p...

Episode 2: Why Is This Stuff So Complicated? from 2017-07-06T16:33:51

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of the Washington Post discuss the latest on the Senate’s effor...

What The Health - Episode 1 from 2017-06-29T21:43:47

In the inaugural episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of the New York Times, and Paige Winfield Cunningham of the Washingto...

Preview Episode from 2017-06-28T19:49:01

Preview episode for Kaiser Health News' new podcast, What the Health?Join Julie Rovner, KHN's chief Washington correspondent, along with top health policy reporters from the New York Times, Washing...