{"id":2147,"date":"2024-11-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2024-11-23T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T10:00:00","slug":"journalists-reflect-on-trump-picks-racism-and-public-health-and-unnecessary-dental-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=2147","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s announcement that he will nominate former TV host Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services on WBUR\u2019s \u201cHere &amp; Now\u201d on Nov. 20. Rovner also discussed what it could mean for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services\u00a0on NPR\u2019s \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2024\/11\/20\/dr-oz-trump\">Click here to hear Rovner on \u201cHere &amp; Now\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/15\/nx-s1-5192913\/what-it-means-to-run-the-department-of-health-and-human-services\">Click here to hear Rovner on \u201cAll Things Considered\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News correspondent Cara Anthony discussed the \u201cSilence in Sikeston\u201d project on St. Louis Public Radio\u2019s \u201cSt. Louis on the Air\u201d on Nov. 19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stlpr.org\/show\/st-louis-on-the-air\/2024-11-19\/new-documentary-and-podcast-explores-the-killings-of-2-black-men-in-sikeston-missouri\">Click here to hear Anthony on \u201cSt. Louis on the Air\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read, listen to, and watch Anthony\u2019s project \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/silence-in-sikeston\/\">Silence in Sikeston<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed medical debt on The Pew Charitable Trusts\u2019 podcast \u201cAfter the Fact\u201d on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/articles\/2024\/11\/15\/untangling-consumer-and-medical-debt-in-the-courts\">Click here to hear Levey on \u201cAfter the Fact\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read KFF Health News\u2019 ongoing series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/diagnosis-debt\/\">Diagnosis: Debt<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed dental implants on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on Nov. 15. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2024-11-15\/georgia-health-report-behind-the-pearly-whites-a-financial-boom\">Click here to hear Miller on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Brett Kelman and Anna Werner\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/dental-implants-investigation-failures-unnecessary-healthy-teeth\/\">Dentists Are Pulling \u2018Healthy\u2019 and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn<\/a>\u201d<\/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-november-23-2024-oz-rfk-sikeston-debt\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s announcement that he will nominate former TV host Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services on WBUR\u2019s \u201cHere &amp; Now\u201d on Nov. 20. Rovner also discussed what it could mean for Robert F. 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