{"id":5794,"date":"2025-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2025-05-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-unpack-drug-prices-threats-to-medicaid-and-the-fluoridation-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=5794","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA\u2019s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for children on CBS\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d on May 15.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/video\/ZbVEap5ZaVq1P1tq2WIFXcTU7sWtQUQw\/\">Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed\u00a0what Medicaid cuts could mean for Georgia on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u2019s \u201cPolitically Georgia\u201d on May 14. Whitehead then discussed Georgia health bills on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on May 9. He also joined WNHN FM 94.7\u2019s \u201cThe Attitude With Arnie Arnesen\u201d to discuss Medicaid and work requirements on May 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/what-medicaid-cuts-could-mean-for-georgia\/id1356662668?i=1000708425724\">Click here to hear Whitehead on \u201cPolitically Georgia.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/gao-federal-watchdog-medicaid-work-requirement-analysis-georgia\/\">Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-05-09\/georgia-health-report-kemps-may-14-deadline-approaches-on-health-legislation\">Click here to hear Whitehead on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/podcasts\/staff74238\/episodes\/2025-05-08T10_01_01-07_00\">Click here to hear Whitehead on \u201cThe Attitude with Arnie Arnesen.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Rayasam and Whitehead\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/the-week-in-brief-georgia-medicaid-work-requirements-gao-investigates\/\">Work Requirements Might Cut Medicaid Spending. But at What Cost?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed drug prices on CBS News 24\/7 on May 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/unpacking-trump-order-on-cutting-drug-costs\/\">Click here to hear Rovner on CBS News 24\/7.<\/a><\/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-may-17-2025-journalists-drug-prices-medicaid-threats-water-fluoride\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA\u2019s phasing out of fluoride drops and tablets for children on CBS\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d on May 15. Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed\u00a0what Medicaid cuts could mean for Georgia on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u2019s \u201cPolitically&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5794","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\/5794"}],"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=5794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}