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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 podcast, “What the Well being?” A number one professional on well being coverage points, Julie is the creator of the critically praised landmark ebook “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
In what is going to undoubtedly be remembered as a landmark choice, the Supreme Courtroom’s conservative majority this week overturned a 40-year-old authorized precedent that required judges normally to defer to the experience of federal businesses. It’s unclear how the elimination of what’s referred to as “Chevron deference” will have an effect on the day-to-day actions of the federal authorities, however the choice is already inflicting shockwaves within the policymaking group. Administrative specialists say it would dramatically change the way in which key well being businesses, such because the FDA and the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies, do enterprise.
The Supreme Courtroom additionally determined this week to not determine a case in Idaho that centered on whether or not a federal well being regulation requiring hospitals to offer emergency care overrides the state's near-total ban on abortion.
This week's panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Faculties of Public Well being and Nursing and Politico journal, Victoria Knight of Axios and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.
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Among the many takeaways from this week's episode:
- In 1984, the Supreme Courtroom dominated broadly that courts ought to defer to federal company decision-making when an ambiguous regulation is challenged. On Friday, the Supreme Courtroom dominated that courts, not federal businesses, ought to have the ultimate say. The ruling will make it tougher to implement federal legal guidelines and attracts consideration to the truth that Congress often and intentionally leaves a lot of the work of turning written legal guidelines into actuality to federal businesses.
- That wasn't the one Supreme Courtroom choice with main well being implications this week: On Thursday, the courtroom quickly restored entry to emergency abortions in Idaho. However, as with its abortion capsule choice, it dominated on a technicality, whereas different comparable instances are pending, comparable to one difficult Texas' abortion ban.
- In separate rulings, the courtroom voided a serious opioid settlement settlement and allowed the federal authorities to require social media firms to take away falsehoods. Moreover, the courtroom agreed to listen to a case within the subsequent time period concerning well being take care of transgender minors.
- The primary normal election debate of the 2024 presidential cycle left abortion activists annoyed with their standard-bearers, on either side of the aisle. Opponents didn't like that former President Donald Trump doubled down on his stance that abortion ought to be left to the states. And abortion rights supporters felt that President Joe Biden did not forcefully refute Trump's outlandish falsehoods about abortion, nor did he take a robust sufficient place on abortion rights.
Plus, for “additional credit score,” panelists recommend well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose it’s best to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: “Masks are shifting from obligatory to criminalized in some states” from the Washington Publish, by Fenit Nirappil.
Victory Knight: “Shadow Business Secretly Inflates Prescription Drug Costs,” by Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson of the New York Occasions.
Juana From: “Social Safety to get rid of outdated jobs used to disclaim incapacity advantages” from the Washington Publish, by Lisa Rein.
Alicia Miranda Ollstein: “Opioid deaths elevated 50 p.c throughout the pandemic. In these locations, they decreased,” by Ruth Reader.
Additionally talked about on this week's podcast:
- “Inside America's $100 Million Plan to Restore Abortion Rights,” from Politico, by Alice Miranda Ollstein.
- “Use of Oral and Emergency Contraceptives After the U.S. Supreme Courtroom Choice” from JAMA Community Open dobbs Choice”, by Dima M. Qato, Rebecca Myerson, Andrew Shooshtari and others.
- “Modifications in everlasting contraceptive procedures amongst younger adults after the dobbs “Choice,” by Jacqueline E. Ellison, Brittany L. Brown-Podgorski, and Jake R. Morgan.
- “Toddler Deaths Following Early Being pregnant Abortion Ban in Texas in 2021,” from JAMA Pediatrics, by Alison Gemmill, Claire E. Margerison, Elizabeth A. Stuart, et al.
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- Francis Ying Audio Producer
- Emmarie HuettemanEditor
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