{"id":3112,"date":"2024-07-25T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2024-07-25T19:33:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T19:33:16","slug":"harris-in-the-spotlight-kff-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=3112","title":{"rendered":"Harris in the Spotlight &#8211; KFF Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"republish-content\">\n<h3>\n\t\tThe Host\t<\/h3>\n<p>\tJulie Rovner<br \/>\n\tKFF Health News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrovner\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t@jrovner\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/julie-rovner\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tRead Julie&#8217;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tJulie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News\u2019 weekly health policy news podcast, \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book \u201cHealth Care Politics and Policy A to Z,\u201d now in its third edition.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As Vice President Kamala Harris appears poised to become the Democratic Party\u2019s presidential nominee, health policy in general and reproductive health issues in particular are likely to have a higher profile. Harris has long been the Biden administration\u2019s point person on abortion rights and reproductive health and was active on other health issues while serving as California\u2019s attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Congress is back for a brief session between presidential conventions, but efforts in the GOP-led House to pass the annual spending bills, due by Oct. 1, have run into the usual roadblocks over abortion-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Stephanie Armour of KFF Health News, Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico. <\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tPanelists\t<\/h3>\n<p>\tStephanie Armour<br \/>\n\tKFF Health News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephArmour1\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t@StephArmour1\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/stephanie-armour\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tRead Stephanie&#8217;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tRachel Cohrs Zhang<br \/>\n\tStat News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachelcohrs\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t@rachelcohrs\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/staff\/rachel-cohrs\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tRead Rachel&#8217;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tAlice Miranda Ollstein<br \/>\n\tPolitico<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliceOllstein\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t@AliceOllstein\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/alice-miranda-ollstein\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tRead Alice&#8217;s stories.\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to drop out of the presidential race has turned attention to his likely successor on the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris. At this late hour in the campaign, she is expected to adopt Biden\u2019s health policies, though many anticipate she\u2019ll take a firmer stance on restoring <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. And while abortion rights supporters are enthusiastic about Harris\u2019 candidacy, opponents are eager to frame her views as extreme.<\/li>\n<li>As he transitions from incumbent candidate to outgoing president, Biden is working to frame his legacy, including on health policy. The president has expressed pride that his signature domestic achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act, took on the pharmaceutical industry, including by forcing the makers of the most expensive drugs into negotiations with Medicare. Yet, as with the Affordable Care Act\u2019s delayed implementation and results, most Americans have yet to see the IRA\u2019s potential effect on drug prices.<\/li>\n<li>Lawmakers continue to be hung up on federal government spending, leaving appropriations work undone as they prepare to leave for summer recess. Fights over abortion are, once again, gumming up the works.<\/li>\n<li>In abortion news, Iowa\u2019s six-week limit is scheduled to take effect next week, causing rippling problems of abortion access throughout the region. In Louisiana, which added the two drugs used in medication abortions to its list of controlled substances, doctors are having difficulty using the pills for other indications. And doctors who oppose abortion are pushing higher-risk procedures, like cesarean sections, in lieu of pregnancy termination when the mother\u2019s life is in danger \u2014 as states with strict bans, like Texas and Louisiana, are reporting a rise in the use of surgeries, including hysterectomies, to end pregnancies.<\/li>\n<li>The Government Accountability Office reports that many states incorrectly removed hundreds of thousands of eligible people from the Medicaid rolls during the \u201cunwinding\u201d of the covid-19 public health emergency\u2019s coverage protections. The Biden administration has been reluctant to call out those states publicly in an attempt to keep the process as apolitical as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also this week, Rovner interviews Anthony Wright, the new executive director of the consumer health advocacy group Families USA. Wright spent the past two decades in California, working with, among others, now-Vice President Kamala Harris on various health issues.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><strong>Julie Rovner:<\/strong> NPR\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/23\/nx-s1-5049543\/dogs-stress-smell-study-emotions-decisions\">A Study Finds That Dogs Can Smell Your Stress \u2014 And Make Decisions Accordingly<\/a>,\u201d by Rachel Treisman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Miranda Ollstein:<\/strong> Stat\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/pharmalot\/2024\/07\/23\/gilead-hiv-aids-medicines-pharma-patents\/\">A Pricey Gilead HIV Drug Could Be Made for Dramatically Less Than the Company Charges<\/a>,\u201d by Ed Silverman, and Politico\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/2024\/07\/federal-hiv-program-set-to-wind-down-00170751\">Federal HIV Program Set To Wind Down<\/a>,\u201d by Alice Miranda Ollstein and David Lim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Armour:<\/strong> Vox\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/361620\/bloomberg-johns-hopkins-free-medical-school-doctor-shortage\">Free Medical School Won\u2019t Solve the Doctor Shortage<\/a>,\u201d by Dylan Scott.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Cohrs Zhang:<\/strong> Stat\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/07\/25\/united-health-group-medicare-advantage-strategy-doctor-clinic-acquisitions\/\">How UnitedHealth Harnesses Its Physician Empire To Squeeze Profits out of Patients<\/a>,\u201d by Bob Herman, Tara Bannow, Casey Ross, and Lizzy Lawrence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned on this week\u2019s podcast:<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tCredits\t<\/h3>\n<p>\tFrancis Ying<br \/>\n\tAudio producer<\/p>\n<p>\tEmmarie Huetteman<br \/>\n\tEditor <\/p>\n<p><em>To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/podcast\/\">click here<\/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\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/what-the-health\/id1253607372?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.pocketcasts.com\/web\/podcasts\/a379e280-3f57-0135-9028-63f4b61a9224\">Pocket Casts<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/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\/podcast\/what-the-health-357-kamala-harris-campaign-health-policy-july-25-2024\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here\u2019s what we ask:<\/p>\n<p>You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and KFF Health News\u201d in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the story.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note, not everything on kffhealthnews.org is available for republishing. If a story is labeled \u201cAll Rights Reserved,\u201d we cannot grant permission to republish that item.<\/p>\n<p>Have questions? 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