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Julie Rovner KFF Well being Information @jrovner
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Well being Information' weekly well being coverage information podcast, “What the Well being?” A number one skilled on well being coverage points, Julie is the creator of the critically praised landmark guide “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
As a part of a media blitz aimed toward ladies voters, Vice President Kamala Harris this week unveiled a plan for Medicare to offer long-term house care providers. It’s widespread, notably amongst households struggling to look after each younger kids and older family, however its large expense has prevented comparable plans from being carried out for many years.
In the meantime, President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump by identify for having “led the avalanche of lies” about federal efforts to assist individuals affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton. Even some Republican officers say misinformation about hurricane reduction efforts is threatening public well being.
This week's panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Name, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins and Politico faculties of public well being and nursing.
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Among the many takeaways from this week's episode:
- Vice President Kamala Harris's plan to increase Medicare to cowl extra long-term care is widespread however not new, and has been prohibitively costly up to now.
- Former President Donald Trump deserted his help for a drug pricing coverage he pursued throughout his first time period. The pharmaceutical trade is vehemently against the thought, which would scale back drug costs in america to their ranges in different industrialized nations, elevating the query of whether or not Trump is softening his exhausting line on the problem.
- Abortion stays the most important well being coverage concern of 2024, as Republican candidates (in what seems to be a repeat of 2022) attempt to distance themselves from their help for abortion bans and different limitations. Voters proceed to favor reproductive rights, making a branding downside for the Republican Social gathering. Trump's swings in his positions on abortion are an exception to the course different candidates have taken.
- The Supreme Courtroom returned from its summer season trip and instantly refused to listen to two abortion-related circumstances. One case pits Texas' near-total abortion ban towards a federal legislation that requires emergency abortions in sure circumstances. The opposite challenges a ruling earlier this 12 months by the Alabama Supreme Courtroom that discovered that embryos frozen for in vitro fertilization have the identical authorized rights as born human beings.
- KFF's 2024 annual employer well being advantages survey, launched this week, confirmed an roughly 7% enhance in premiums, with common household premiums now exceeding $25,000 per 12 months. And that's as a result of most employers don't cowl two widespread however costly medical interventions: GLP-1 weight-loss medication and IVF.
Additionally this week, excerpts from a KFF lunch with “Shark Tank” panelist and generic drug retailer Mark Cuban, who has been consulting with the Harris marketing campaign on well being care points.
Plus, for “further credit score,” the panelists recommend well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose it’s best to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: “KFF Well being Information Boy's bike demise haunts Black neighborhood. 35 years later, there's nonetheless no sidewalk,” by Renuka Rayasam and Fred Clasen-Kelly.
Shefali Luthra: Arizona's “poll measure may change the narrative on Latinas and abortion” on '19, by Mel Leonor Barclay.
Jessie Hellmann: “Helene left some North Carolina nursing properties with out energy,” by Carli Brosseau.
Juana From: “His Face Was Unrecognizable After Explosion. A Placenta Restored It,” from the New York Occasions by Kate Morgan.
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- Francis Ying Audio Producer
- Stephanie StapletonEditor
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