{"id":6873,"date":"2025-07-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2025-07-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:00:00","slug":"journalists-tally-state-and-local-health-care-implications-of-gop-megabill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=6873","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Tally State and Local Health Care Implications of GOP Megabill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health,\u00a0discussed measles cases on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d on July 9. Gounder also discussed the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in medical facilities on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings Plus\u201d on July 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/us-measles-numbers-reach-highest-levels-in-33-years\/\">Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS News 24\/7.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mM-mHTOsaqo&amp;t=13s\">Click here to watch Gounder on \u201cCBS Mornings Plus.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News contributor Sarah Kwon discussed a delay in implementing California\u2019s law mandating that some insurance plans cover in vitro fertilization on KVPR\u2019s \u201cCentral Valley Daily\u201d podcast on July 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvpr.org\/podcast\/central-valley-daily\/2025-07-09\/july-9-lawmakers-voted-for-insurance-companies-to-cover-ivf-then-it-was-delayed\">Click here to hear Kwon on \u201cCentral Valley Daily.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Kwon\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/california-ivf-law-delay-2026-newsom\/\">California\u2019s Much-Touted IVF Law May Be Delayed Until 2026, Leaving Many in the Lurch<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discussed how health care cuts in President Donald Trump\u2019s megabill will affect Californians on KQED\u2019s \u201cPolitical Breakdown\u201d podcast on July 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/how-healthcare-cuts-in-trumps-megabill-will-hurt-californians\/id1327641087?i=1000716400992\">Click here to hear Hart on \u201cPolitical Breakdown.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants\/\">Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans<\/a>,\u201d by Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam, and Bernard J. Wolfson.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News chief rural correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed possible effects of the megabill on rural hospitals on CNN\u2019s \u201cCNN This Morning\u201d on July 4.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/video.snapstream.net\/Play\/65fmTnUpkp3UOosOVraOyX?accessToken=bdx4zijuf66lx\">Click here to watch Tribble on \u201cCNN This Morning.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants\/\">Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans<\/a>,\u201d by Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam, and Bernard J. Wolfson.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the megabill and its impacts on health care in Texas on KXAN\u2019s \u201cKXAN Midday\u201d on July 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/video\/big-beautiful-bill-and-its-impacts-on-healthcare-for-texans\/10861074\/\">Click here to hear Rayasam on \u201cKXAN Midday.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants\/\">Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans<\/a>,\u201d by Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Rayasam, and Bernard J. Wolfson.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed enrollment in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on June 27.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-06-27\/georgia-health-report-the-future-of-affordable-care-act-health-plans\">Click here to hear Whitehead on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/uninsured-rates-could-increase-trump-gop-congress-bills-medicaid-aca-obamacare\/\">In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of US Uninsured<\/a>,\u201d by Renuka Rayasam and Whitehead.<\/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-july-12-2025-big-beautiful-bill-megabill-medicaid-cuts-hospitals-states\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health,\u00a0discussed measles cases on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS News 24\/7\u201d on July 9. Gounder also discussed the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in medical facilities on CBS News\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings Plus\u201d on July 8. 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