{"id":9485,"date":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=9485"},"modified":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","slug":"journalists-shed-light-on-opioid-settlement-cash-new-medicaid-work-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/?p=9485","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Shed Light on Opioid Settlement Cash, New Medicaid Work Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how states are using opioid settlement money on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s \u201cThe Daily Report\u201d on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/investigation-opioid-settlement-money-fund-law-enforcement\/\">Click here to watch Pattani on \u201cThe Daily Report.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Pattani\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/opioid-settlements-law-enforcement-spending-states-towns-guns-narcan\/\">From Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/opioid-settlements-addiction-sock-hops-concerts-mma-local-spending\/\">Sock Hops and Concerts: How Some Places Spent Opioid Settlement Cash<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed government claims that new technologies will help Medicaid recipients comply with new work requirement rules on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-10-31\/georgia-health-report-will-new-tech-rollouts-help-georgians-stay-on-medicaid\">Click here to hear Whitehead on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medicaid-eligibility-tool-pilot-test-work-requirements-ai-louisiana-arizona-georgia\/\">Officials Show Little Proof That New Tech Will Help Medicaid Enrollees Meet Work Rules<\/a>,\u201d by Whitehead and KFF Health News Colorado correspondent Rae Ellen Bichell<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in and around health care facilities such as hospitals and community health centers on Radio Biling\u00fce\u2019s \u201cL\u00ednea Abierta\u201d on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radiobilingue.org\/es\/blog\/las-voces-de-las-marchas-2\">Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on \u201cL\u00ednea Abierta\u201d (beginning at 46:00).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read Boyd-Barrett\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/california-ice-immigrant-protections-hospitals-clinics-agents\/\">California Faces Limits as It Directs Health Facilities To Push Back on Immigration Raids<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News executive editor Alex Wayne discussed the federal government shutdown and rising Affordable Care Act premiums on Sirius XM\u2019s \u201cThe Smerconish Podcast\u201d on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/at\/podcast\/shutdown-politics-meets-the-obamacare-crisis-aca\/id1573813504?i=1000734262629&amp;l=en-GB\">Click here to hear Wayne on \u201cThe Smerconish Podcast.\u201d<\/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-november-8-2025-opioid-settlements-medicaid-work-requirements\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how states are using opioid settlement money on CBS News 24\/7\u2019s \u201cThe Daily Report\u201d on Nov. 3. Click here to watch Pattani on \u201cThe Daily Report.\u201d Read Pattani\u2019s \u201cFrom Narcan to Gun Silencers, Opioid Settlement Cash Pays Law Enforcement Tabs\u201d and \u201cSock Hops and Concerts: How Some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9485","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\/9485"}],"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=9485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medical-article.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}