{"id":2176,"date":"2023-12-21T23:01:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:01:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:01:24","slug":"2023-is-a-wrap-kff-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2176","title":{"rendered":"2023 Is a Wrap &#8211; KFF Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-people block--people\">\n<h3 class=\"people-title\">\n\t\tThe Host\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"people-card-container single\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=480,480 480w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=120,120 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=170,170 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=315,315 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 150px\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even without covid dominating the headlines, 2023 was a busy year for health policy. The ever-rising cost of health care remained an issue plaguing patients and policymakers alike, while millions of Americans lost insurance coverage as states redetermined eligibility for their Medicaid programs in the wake of the public health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, women experiencing pregnancy complications continue to get caught up in the ongoing abortion debate, with both women and their doctors potentially facing prison time in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the next election year fast approaches, the Biden administration is touting how much it has accomplished in health care. Whether the voting public is paying attention is a different story. Affordable Care Act enrollment has reached record levels due in part to expanded financial help available to pay premiums, and the administration is also pointing to its enforcement efforts to rein in high drug prices.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government is adding staff to go after \u201ccorporate greed\u201d in health care, targeting in particular the fast-growing role of private equity. The complicated, opaque, and evolving nature of corporate ownership in the nation\u2019s health system makes legislation and regulation a challenge. But increased interest and oversight could lead to a better understanding of the problems of and, eventually, remedies for a profit-focused system of health care.<\/li>\n<li>Concluding a year that saw many low-income Americans lose insurance coverage as states reviewed eligibility for everyone in the Medicaid program, there\u2019s no shortage of access issues left to tackle. The Biden administration is urging states to take action to help millions of children regain coverage that was stripped from them.<\/li>\n<li>Also, many patients are all too familiar with the challenges of obtaining insurance approval for care. There is support in Congress to scrutinize and rein in the use of algorithms to deny care to Medicare Advantage patients based on broad comparisons rather than individual patient circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>And in abortion news, some conservative states are trying to block efforts to put abortion on the ballot next year \u2014 a tactic some used in the past against Medicaid expansion.<\/li>\n<li>This week in health misinformation is an ad from Florida\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/allfamilypharma.com\/\">All Family Pharmacy<\/a> touting the benefits of ivermectin for treating covid-19. (Rigorous <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2797483?resultClick=1\">scientific studies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2801827\">have found<\/a> that the antibacterial drug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/nejmoa2115869\">does not work against covid<\/a> and should not be used for that purpose.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News\u2019 Jordan Rau about his joint KFF Health News-New York Times series \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/dying-broke\/\">Dying Broke<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block block--newsletter  \" data-type=\"kaiser-health-news\/newsletter\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"newsletter__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/email\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail Sign-Up\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h4>\n<p class=\"newsletter__description\">\n\t\tSubscribe to KFF Health News&#8217; free Morning Briefing.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plus, for \u201cextra credit,\u201d the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Rovner:<\/strong> Business Insider\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pro-life-let-them-live-promised-women-money-cancel-abortion-2023-12\">\u2018I Feel Conned Into Keeping This Baby,\u2019<\/a>\u201d by Bethany Dawson, Louise Ridley, and Sarah Posner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joanne Kenen:<\/strong> The Trace\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/2023\/12\/chicago-gun-violence-victim-storytelling\/\">Chicago Shooting Survivors, in Their Own Words<\/a>,\u201d by Justin Agrelo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Cohrs:<\/strong> ProPublica\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/malpractice-settlements-doctors-working-for-insurance-companies\">Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Work for Insurers, Deciding if They\u2019ll Pay for Care<\/a>,\u201d by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum; and David Armstrong and Doris Burke, ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandhya Raman:<\/strong> Roll Call\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2023\/06\/15\/mississippi-community-workers-battle-maternal-mortality-crisis\/\">Mississippi Community Workers Battle Maternal Mortality Crisis<\/a>,\u201d by Lauren Clason.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned in this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/podcast\/\"><u>click here<\/u><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And subscribe to KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/32EdsB662C3oyIrqLMmBXI?si=TQhRjzzLTgWtK3crfbOFtA\"><u>Spotify<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/what-the-health\/id1253607372?mt=2\"><u>Apple Podcasts<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.pocketcasts.com\/web\/podcasts\/a379e280-3f57-0135-9028-63f4b61a9224\"><u>Pocket Casts<\/u><\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"block--category-tag-list \">\n<div class=\"category-tag-list__content-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"block--category-tag-list__title\">\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__contact-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__tip-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Host Even without covid dominating the headlines, 2023 was a busy year for health policy. The ever-rising cost of health care remained an issue plaguing patients and policymakers alike, while millions of Americans lost insurance coverage as states redetermined eligibility for their Medicaid programs in the wake of the public health emergency. 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