{"id":14718,"date":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14718"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-assess-risks-of-tick-bites-wildfire-smoke-rising-health-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=14718","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public\u2019s <em>The Wheelhouse<\/em> on July 22.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpublic.org\/show\/the-wheelhouse\/2026-07-22\/how-much-obamacare-remains-in-trumps-america\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>The Wheelhouse<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed tick bites on CBS\u2019 <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> on July 20. She also discussed wildfire smoke and severe heat on CBS\u2019 <em>The Daily Report<\/em> on July 16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwXG_4xycuY\">Click here to watch Gounder on <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwXG_4xycuY\">CBS Mornings<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGCJNKG-84c\">Click here to watch Gounder on <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGCJNKG-84c\">The Daily Report<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the effects of soaring health costs in Georgia on WUGA\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on July 17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-07-17\/georgia-health-report-health-care-costs-in-georgia-are-rising-rapidly\">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\/health-care-costs\/priced-out-red-tape-insurance-costs-health-system-plan-switching-disruptions\/\">Patients Face a Thicket of Red Tape Trying To Maintain Consistent Health Coverage<\/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. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\">KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/on-air\/on-air-july-25-2026-aca-tick-bites-wildfire-smoke-health-costs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public\u2019s The Wheelhouse on July 22. Click here to hear Appleby on The Wheelhouse. C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed tick bites on CBS\u2019 CBS Mornings on July 20. 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