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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 famous professional on well being coverage points, Julie is the writer of the critically praised reference e book “Well being Care Politics and Coverage A to Z,” now in its third version.
Reverberations from the Alabama Supreme Courtroom’s first-in-the-nation ruling that embryos are legally kids continued this week, each within the states and in Washington. As Alabama lawmakers scrambled to discover a technique to shield in vitro fertilization providers with out instantly denying the “personhood” of embryos, lawmakers in Florida postponed a vote on the state’s personal “personhood” regulation. And in Washington, Republicans labored to discover a technique to fulfill two factions of their base: those that assist IVF and those that consider embryos deserve full authorized rights.
In the meantime, Congress could lastly be nearing a funding deal for the fiscal 12 months that started Oct. 1. And whereas just a few bipartisan well being payments could catch a journey on the general spending invoice, a number of different priorities, together with an overhaul of the pharmacy profit supervisor business, did not make the reduce.
This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Well being Information, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Riley Griffin of Bloomberg Information, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins College’s faculties of nursing and public well being and Politico Journal.
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Among the many takeaways from this week’s episode:
- Lawmakers are readying short-term offers to maintain the federal government funded and working for at the least just a few extra weeks, although some well being priorities like getting ready for a future pandemic and retaining down prescription drug costs could not make the reduce.
- After the Alabama Supreme Courtroom’s choice that frozen embryos are individuals, Republicans discover themselves divided over the way forward for IVF. The emotionally charged debate over the process — which many conservatives, together with former Vice President Mike Pence, consider ought to stay accessible — is inflicting turmoil for the get together. And Democrats will little doubt hold reminding voters about it, highlighting the repercussions of the conservative push into reproductive well being care.
- A major variety of physicians in Idaho are leaving the state or the sphere of reproductive care completely due to its strict abortion ban. With many hospitals scuffling with the price of labor and supply providers, the ban is simply making it more durable for ladies in some areas to get care earlier than, throughout, and after childbirth — whether or not they want abortion care or not.
- A significant cyberattack focusing on the private data of sufferers enrolled in a well being plan owned by UnitedHealth Group is drawing consideration to the heightened dangers of consolidation in well being care. In the meantime, the Justice Division is individually investigating UnitedHealth for potential antitrust violations.
- “This Week in Well being misinformation”: Panelist Joanne Kenen explains how efforts to forestall improper details about a brand new vaccine for RSV have been lower than profitable.
Additionally this week, Rovner interviews Greer Donley, an affiliate professor on the College of Pittsburgh Faculty of Legislation, about how a 150-year-old anti-vice regulation that is nonetheless on the books could possibly be used to ban abortion nationwide.
Plus, for “additional credit score” the panelists counsel well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose it is best to learn, too:
Julie Rovner: ProPublica’s “Their States Banned Abortion. Medical doctors Now Say They Cannot Give Ladies Potential Lifesaving Care,” by Kavitha Surana.
Rachel Cohrs: The New York Occasions’ “$1 Billion Donation Will Present Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical Faculty,” by Joseph Goldstein.
Joanne Kenen: Axios’ “An Surprising Discovering Suggests Full Moons Might Really Be Powerful on Hospitals,” by Tina Reed.
Riley Griffin: Bloomberg Information’ “US Seeks to Restrict China’s Entry to Individuals’ Private Information,” by Riley Griffin and Mackenzie Hawkins.
Additionally talked about on this week’s podcast:
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- Francis Ying Audio producer
- Emmarie Huetteman Editor
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