{"id":10379,"date":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=10379"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:00:00","slug":"journalists-zero-in-on-certificate-of-need-laws-and-turbulent-obamacare-enrollment-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=10379","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Zero In on \u2018Certificate of Need\u2019 Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW\u2019s <em>Your Call<\/em> on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalw.org\/show\/your-call\/2025-12-19\/trump-cuts-hit-louisiana-town-plagued-by-crime-and-gun-violence\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>Your Call<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/bogalusa-louisiana-gun-violence-firearm-industry-black-communities-discrimination\/\">Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America\u2019s Other Epidemic<\/a>,\u201d co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News rural health correspondent Andrew Jones discussed the implications of North Carolina\u2019s certificate of need law for health care facilities and equipment on Blue Ridge Public Radio on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpr.org\/health\/2025-12-15\/a-north-carolina-hospital-was-slated-to-open-in-2025-mired-in-bureaucracy-its-still-a-dirt-field\">Click here to hear Jones on Blue Ridge Public Radio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Jones\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/certificate-of-need-laws-north-carolina-hospital-bureaucracy-dirt-field\/\">A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It\u2019s Still a Dirt Field.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed how expiring tax credits are creating uncertainty in Affordable Care Act marketplaces on Wisconsin Public Radio\u2019s <em>Wisconsin Today<\/em> on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/shows\/wisconsin-today-2\/expiring-aca-tax-credits-federal-grants-restored-surviving-a-heart-attack\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>Wisconsin Today<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Appleby\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/obamacare-aca-congress-price-increases-subsidies-open-enrollment\/\">Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Georgia\u2019s Medicaid work requirements on WUGA\u2019s <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Dec. 15 and NPR and WABE\u2019s <em>All Things Considered<\/em> on Dec. 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-12-15\/georgia-health-report-states-face-challenges-with-medicaid-work-requirement-exemptions\">Click here to hear Whitehead on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/georgia-pathways-to-undergo-changes-under-new-federal-medicaid-work-requirements\/\">Click here to hear Whitehead on <em>All Things Considered<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Whitehead\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medicaid-work-rules-exempt-medically-frail-who-qualifies\/\">Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the \u2018Medically Frail.\u2019 Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky<\/a>,\u201d co-reported with Samantha Liss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/on-air-december-20-2025-obamacare-subsidies-certificate-of-need-con\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW\u2019s Your Call on Dec. 19. Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call. Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201cGuns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America\u2019s Other Epidemic,\u201d co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly. 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