{"id":16598,"date":"2026-11-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=16598"},"modified":"2026-11-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T10:00:00","slug":"our-reporters-discuss-healthcare-costs-and-what-changes-the-midterms-may-portend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=16598","title":{"rendered":"Our Reporters Discuss Healthcare Costs \u2014 And What Changes the Midterms May Portend"},"content":{"rendered":"

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed how Congress can combat the rising cost of healthcare on WAMU\u2019s 1A<\/em> on Nov. 5, healthcare affordability on MS NOW\u2019s Money, Power, Politics With Stephanie Ruhle<\/em> on Oct. 30, and the politics of healthcare on Slate\u2019s What Next<\/em> podcast on Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Rovner on 1A<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here to watch Rovner on Money, Power, Politics With Stephanie Ruhle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Rovner on What Next<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the high costs of healthcare in the U.S. on This Morning With Gordon Deal<\/em> on Oct. 29 and teens\u2019 online safety on WUGA\u2019s The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Rayasam on This Morning With Gordon Deal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Rayasam\u2019s reporting in \u201cThe Cost of Healthcare Is Hitting America Where It Hurts: The Wallet<\/a>\u201d and \u201cDigging Into the Money Behind the US Healthcare System<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Rayasam on The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Darius Tahir\u2019s \u201cFears About Kids\u2019 Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Georgia\u2019s Medicaid program and the election on WUGA\u2019s The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Whitehead on The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Briah Lumpkins and Whitehead\u2019s \u201cGeorgia Helped Inspire the Medicaid Work Rules. Its Own Rules Could Soon End.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed employer-sponsored health plan costs on Wisconsin Public Radio\u2019s Wisconsin Today<\/em> on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Appleby on Wisconsin Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Appleby\u2019s \u201cJob-Based Health Plan Costs Rise, With Little Relief in Sight<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed peptides on KDFW Fox 4 on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n

Click here to watch Maxmen on KDFW Fox 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Maxmen\u2019s \u201cFour Red Flags and One Truth Amid the Peptide Hype<\/a>\u201d and \u201cPeople Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA\u2019s Push for Medical Freedom.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how state and local governments are using money received through opioid settlements on WAMU\u2019s 1A<\/em> on Oct. 15.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Pattani on 1A<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Pattani\u2019s coverage of opioid settlements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

KFF Health News Georgia correspondent Briah Lumpkins discussed obstetric carts offered to help rural moms on WUGA\u2019s The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Lumpkins on The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Lumpkins\u2019 \u201cNew Arrivals in the ER? Georgia Gears Up To Solve Rural Maternal Health Crisis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News contributor Paula Span discussed eldercare costs on NPR\u2019s Fresh Air<\/em> on Nov. 3 and drug deprescribing on It\u2019s a Matter of Your Health With Dr. Veita Bland<\/em> on Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Span on Fresh Air<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read Span\u2019s \u201c3 Common Drugs Older Adults Might Be Overusing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Span on It\u2019s a Matter of Your Health With Dr. Veita Bland<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more from Span in her column \u201cThe New Old Age<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

KFF Health News senior contributing editor for health news analysis Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed insurance reform on Connecticut Public\u2019s The Colin McEnroe Show<\/em> on Oct. 28.<\/p>\n

Click here to hear Rosenthal on The Colin McEnroe Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed a GLP-1 recall on Fox News\u2019 LiveNow From Fox<\/em> on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n

Click here to watch Allen on LiveNow From Fox<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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 KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article<\/a> first appeared on KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed how Congress can combat the rising cost of healthcare on WAMU\u2019s 1A on Nov. 5, healthcare affordability on MS NOW\u2019s Money, Power, Politics With Stephanie Ruhle on Oct. 30, and the politics of healthcare on Slate\u2019s What Next podcast on Oct. 27. Click here to hear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}