KFF Health News' 'What the Health?'
Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington, D.C.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 419
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Roe v. Wade on the Ropes
The newly conservative Supreme Court will hear a case that could overturn the nationwide right to abortion and cause political upheaval. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ab…
00:30:14 |
Thu 20 May 2021
Drug Price Effort Hits a Snag
Democratic leaders in Congress have vowed to pass legislation to address high prescription drug prices this year, but some moderates in their own party appear to be balking. Meanwhile, younger teens …
00:30:29 |
Thu 13 May 2021
Sharing Vaccines With the World
The Biden administration is bucking the drug industry and backing a waiver of covid-19 vaccine patent protections to help the rest of the world vaccinate its populations. Here at home, the Food and D…
00:28:29 |
Thu 06 May 2021
100 Days of Health Policy
It’s 100 days into Joe Biden’s presidency and a surprisingly large number of health policies have been announced. But health is notably absent from the administration’s $1.8 trillion spending plan fo…
00:45:14 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Picking Up the Pace of Undoing Trump Policies
The Biden administration has started to speed efforts to reverse health policies forged under Donald Trump. Most recently, the administration overturned a ban on fetal tissue research and canceled a …
00:30:42 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Pause and Effect on Covid Vaccines
The U.S. — and global — covid-19 vaccine effort hit a bump this week with a pause in use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine while experts study its relationship to a small number of serious bl…
00:36:38 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Health Care as Infrastructure
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes items not traditionally considered “infrastructure,” including a $400 billion expansion of home and community-based services for seniors and peo…
00:44:47 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
Planning for Round Two
The ink is barely dry on the recent covid relief bill, but Democrats in Congress and President Joe Biden are wasting no time gearing up for their next big legislative package, which is likely to incl…
00:32:41 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
Getting Down to Work at HHS
After a bruising confirmation process, Xavier Becerra was sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Services this week. The Senate also confirmed the nominations of former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek …
00:44:24 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
ACA Packs More Benefits — And More Confusion
The $1.9 trillion covid relief bill signed by President Joe Biden includes a long list of new health benefits for consumers. But many eligible people may have difficulty figuring out how to take adva…
00:39:33 |
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Expanding the ACA in an Unpredicted Way
Beyond the billions of dollars aimed squarely at the pandemic, the covid relief bill cleared by Congress this week includes significant changes to health policy. Among them are the first major expans…
00:32:31 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
The FDA approved a new one-shot vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, which could help accelerate the pace of vaccinations to prevent covid-19. But after a dramatic decline, case numbers are again risin…
00:44:07 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Staffing Up at HHS
More than a month into the Biden administration, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, finally got his confirmation hearings in t…
00:50:50 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Open Enrollment, One More Time
Keeping a campaign promise, President Joe Biden has reopened enrollment for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act on healthcare.gov — and states that run their own health insurance marketplac…
00:39:53 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
All About Budget Reconciliation
Even while the Senate is busy with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the House has gotten down to work on a covid relief bill using the budget reconciliation process. Meanwhile, the watchword for cov…
00:42:23 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Covid and Kids
Can schools safely reopen before all teachers and staffers are vaccinated against covid? And what’s the best way to communicate that science — and scientific recommendations — change and evolve? Also…
00:43:11 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
The Long Road to Unwinding Trump Health Policies
President Joe Biden signed a pair of health-related executive orders this week that would, among other things, reopen enrollment under the Affordable Care Act and start to reverse former President Do…
00:37:35 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
The Biden Health Agenda
President Joe Biden is wasting no time getting to work. On his first day in office, Biden signed a series of executive orders addressing the covid pandemic, promising more to come. But even with Dem…
00:34:43 |
Thu 21 Jan 2021
On Capitol Hill, Actions Have Consequences
Several large business groups, including health industry organizations, are cutting off contributions to Republicans who voted against the certification of Joe Biden’s election even after riots shut …
00:44:10 |
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Georgia Turns the Senate Blue
Democratic victories in two runoff elections in Georgia will give Democrats control of the Senate starting Jan. 20, which means they will be in charge of both houses of Congress and the White House f…
00:28:49 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
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