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\t\t\t \t\t\tEmmarie Huetteman,\u00a0senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as \u201cBill of the Month\u201d\u00a0and KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d She previously spent more than a decade reporting on the federal government, most recently covering surprise medical bills, drug pricing reform, and other health policy debates in Washington and on the campaign trail.\u00a0\t\t<\/p>\n Recent comments from former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers preview potential health policy pursuits under a second Trump administration. Trump is yet again eyeing changes to the Affordable Care Act, while key lawmakers want to repeal Medicare drug price negotiations.<\/p>\n Also, this week brought news of the first publicly reported death attributed to delayed care under a state abortion ban. Vice President Kamala Harris said the death shows the consequences of Trump\u2019s actions to block abortion access.<\/p>\n This week\u2019s panelists are Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins University\u2019s schools of nursing and public health, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th.<\/a><\/p>\n \tJoanne Kenen \t\t\t \t\t\t \tTami Luhby \t\t\t \t\t\t \tShefali Luthra \t\t\t \t\t\t Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump\u2019s running mate, says Trump is interested in loosening ACA rules to make cheaper policies available. While the campaign has said little about what Trump would do or how it would work, the changes could include eliminating protections against higher premiums for those with preexisting conditions. Republicans would also likely let enhanced subsidies for ACA premiums expire.<\/p>\n Key Republican lawmakers said this week that they\u2019re interested in repealing the Inflation Reduction Act\u2019s provisions enabling Medicare drug pricing negotiations. Should Trump win, that stance could create intraparty tensions with the former president, who has vowed to \u201ctake on Big Pharma.\u201d<\/p>\n A state review board in Georgia ruled that the death in 2022 of a 28-year-old mother, after her doctors delayed performing a dilatation and curettage procedure, was preventable. Harris tied the death to Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade<\/em>, which included appointing three Supreme Court justices who voted to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion.<\/p>\n And in health tech news, the FDA has separately green-lighted two new Apple product functions: an Apple Watch feature that assesses the wearer\u2019s risk of sleep apnea, and an AirPods feature that turns the earbuds into hearing aids.<\/p>\n Plus, for \u201cextra credit,\u201d the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too:\u00a0<\/p>\n Emmarie Huetteman:<\/strong> The Washington Post\u2019s \u201cWhat Warning Labels Could Look Like on Your Favorite Foods<\/a>,\u201d by Lauren Weber and Rachel Roubein.\u00a0<\/p>\n Shefali Luthra:<\/strong> KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cAt Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients<\/a>,\u201d by Rachana Pradhan.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tami Luhby:<\/strong> Politico Magazine\u2019s \u201cDoctors Are Leaving Conservative States To Learn To Perform Abortions. We Followed One<\/a>,\u201d by Alice Miranda Ollstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n Joanne Kenen:<\/strong> The New York Times\u2019 \u201cThis Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories<\/a>,\u201d by Teddy Rosenbluth, and The Atlantic\u2019s \u201cWhen Fact-Checks Backfire<\/a>,\u201d by Jerusalem Demsas.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also mentioned on this week\u2019s podcast:<\/p>\n ProPublica\u2019s \u201cAbortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother\u2019s Death Was Preventable<\/a>,\u201d by Kavitha Surana.<\/p>\n \tFrancis Ying \tStephanie Stapleton To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n And subscribe to KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Pocket Casts<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/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>.<\/p>\n
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