Journalists highlight opioid settlement funds, new Medicaid work requirements

KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how states are using opioid settlement funds on CBS News 24/7’s “The Daily Report” on Nov. 3.

Click here to watch Pattani on the Daily Report.
Read Pattani’s bookFrom drugs to gun silencers, opioid settlement funds pay for law enforcement“and”Stockings and concerts: How some venues spent opioid settlement money“.

KFF Health News South Correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed government claims that new technologies will help Medicaid beneficiaries comply with new work requirement rules in WUGA’s Oct. 31 “Georgia Health Report.”

Click here to listen to Whitehead on the Georgia Health Report.
reads “Officials show little evidence that the new technology will help Medicaid enrollees meet work rules,” written by Whitehead and KFF Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Peschel

KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd Barrett discussed the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in and around health care facilities such as hospitals and community health centers on the “Línea Abierta” program on Radio Bilingüe on October 30.

Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on “Línea Abierta” (starting at 46:00).
Read Boyd Barrett’s bookCalifornia faces limits as it directs health facilities to respond to immigration raids“.

KFF Health News Executive Editor Alex Wayne discussed the federal government shutdown and rising Affordable Care Act premiums on “The Smerconish Podcast” on Sirius XM on October 30.

Click here to hear Wayne on “The Smerconish Podcast.”

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