{"id":14305,"date":"2026-07-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14305"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-discuss-healthcare-costs-political-fallout-concerns-about-canceled-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14305","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Discuss Healthcare Costs\u2019 Political Fallout, Concerns About Canceled ICE Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the high cost of healthcare and the political fallout on WAMU\u2019s <em>1A<\/em> on June 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the1a.org\/segments\/high-cost-of-healthcare-and-the-political-fallout\/\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>1A<\/em><\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the public health concerns around a planned immigration detention center in Georgia on WUGA\u2019s <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on June 26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-06-26\/georgia-health-report-immigration-detention-center-impacts-georgia-community\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/race-and-health\/ice-detention-center-social-circle-georgia-lawsuit-trump-stronghold\/\">A Trump Stronghold Grapples With Health Risks of ICE Detention Sites<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><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. 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