Journalists dig into government shutdowns and rural drought

Julie Rovner, KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, appeared on CNN’s “Quest Means Business” to discuss the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown on October 2. Rovner also appeared on NPR’s “Morning Edition” to discuss the subsidies on October 7.

KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Susser discussed a Trump administration pilot program to obtain AI consent and denial of care for Medicare patients on the Apple News Channel’s “Apple News Today” show on October 7.

Click here to hear Sauser on Apple News Today.
Read the book by Saucer and Darius Taher.Artificial intelligence will soon have a say in approving or denying Medicare treatments“.

KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable Smith appeared on NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday” on Oct. 5 to discuss states cutting payments to Medicaid providers to close budget gaps.

Click here to hear Sable-Smith on “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
Read Sable Smith and Sarah Jane Tribble’s bookStates have been cutting payments to Medicaid providers long before Trump’s cuts“.

KFF Health News senior correspondent Bernard J.

Click here to listen to Wolfson on “The Yonder Report.”
Read Wolfson’s bookHealth care cuts threaten local solutions to rural physician shortages“.

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