{"id":15309,"date":"2026-08-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=15309"},"modified":"2026-08-29T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T09:00:00","slug":"with-midterms-looming-journalists-consider-measles-food-recalls-and-obamacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=15309","title":{"rendered":"With Midterms Looming, Journalists Consider Measles, Food Recalls, and Obamacare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed fatal measles cases on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>Mornings<\/em> on Aug. 26. Gounder fact-checked Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz\u2019s comments about vaccines and drug prices on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>The Daily Report<\/em> on Aug. 24. She also discussed food recalls this summer on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s <em>The Takeout With Major Garrett<\/em> on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XwPoXFQcbz8\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>Mornings<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VeNSjcQ2CM4\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>The Daily Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ISCfnEBG6-4\">Click here to watch Gounder on <em>The Takeout With Major Garrett<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed\u00a0kindergarten vaccination rates on WNYC\u2019s <em>The Brian Lehrer Show<\/em> on Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wnyc.org\/browse\/shows\/episode\/simplecast\/45c11ae5-5df1-40cd-9fdf-17890a8b5172\">Click here to hear Rovner on <em>The Brian Lehrer Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Mark Kreidler discussed the use of artificial intelligence for Medicaid reenrollment on KVPR\u2019s <em>Central Valley Daily<\/em> on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2oWhqIsXj3l4mP06fa08Fr?si=rg96AJXfR1WxSjpbi-jSOw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=48a5d2142ec641fd\">Click here to hear Kreidler on <em>Central Valley Daily<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Kreidler\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medicaid\/medicaid-work-requirements-medi-cal-ai-agents-reenroll-careforce-california\/\">AI Is Being Used To Boost Medicaid Enrollment, but Not Without Concerns<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the state of the Affordable Care Act on Vox\u2019s<em> Today, Explained<\/em> podcast on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/61OFrAkKPFHZ0mOtOO8jFs\">Click here to hear Appleby on Vox\u2019s<em> Today, Explained<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Georgia correspondent Briah Lumpkins\u00a0discussed the importance of healthcare policy in upcoming elections on WUGA\u2019s <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Aug. 21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-08-21\/georgia-health-report-healthcare-top-of-mind-for-georgia-voters\">Click here to hear Lumpkins on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/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-august-29-2026-measles-vaccination-food-recalls-midterm-elections\/\" 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>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed fatal measles cases on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s Mornings on Aug. 26. Gounder fact-checked Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz\u2019s comments about vaccines and drug prices on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s The Daily Report on Aug. 24. 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