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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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Episode Date
The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill
Mar 28, 2024
The ACA Turns 14
Mar 21, 2024
Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All
Mar 14, 2024
The State of the Union Is ... Busy
Mar 07, 2024
Alabama’s IVF Ruling Still Making Waves
Feb 29, 2024
Alabama Court Rules Embryos Are Children. What Now?
Feb 22, 2024
Biden Wins Early Court Test for Medicare Drug Negotiations
Feb 15, 2024
To End School Shootings, Activists Consider a New Culprit: Parents
Feb 08, 2024
The Struggle Over Who Gets the Last Word
Feb 01, 2024
Health Enters the Presidential Race
Jan 25, 2024
The Supreme Court vs. the Bureaucracy
Jan 18, 2024
All About the (Government) Funding
Jan 11, 2024
New Year, Same Abortion Debate
Jan 04, 2024
2023 Is a Wrap
Dec 21, 2023
Abortion and SCOTUS, Together Again
Dec 14, 2023
Democrats See Opportunity in GOP Threats to Repeal Health Law
Dec 07, 2023
Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
Dec 01, 2023
Congress Kicks the (Budget) Can Down the Road. Again.
Nov 16, 2023
A Very Good Night for Abortion Rights Backers
Nov 09, 2023
For ACA Plans, It’s Time to Shop Around
Nov 02, 2023
The New Speaker’s (Limited) Record on Health
Oct 26, 2023
The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl
Oct 19, 2023
Health Funding in Question in a Speaker-Less Congress
Oct 12, 2023
An Encore: 3 HHS Secretaries Reveal What the Job Is Really Like
Oct 05, 2023
More Medicaid Messiness
Sep 27, 2023
Countdown to Shutdown
Sep 21, 2023
Underinsured Is the New Uninsured
Sep 14, 2023
Welcome Back, Congress. Now Get to Work.
Sep 07, 2023
3 Health Policy Experts You Should Know
Aug 31, 2023
A Not-So-Health-y GOP Debate
Aug 24, 2023
Abortion Pill’s Legal Limbo Continues
Aug 17, 2023
On Abortion Rights, Ohio Is the New Kansas
Aug 10, 2023
Congress Is Out. The Presidential Campaign Is In.
Aug 03, 2023
Another Try for Mental Health ‘Parity’
Jul 27, 2023
Let’s Talk About the Weather
Jul 20, 2023
The Long Road to Reining in Short-Term Plans
Jul 13, 2023
A Year Without Roe
Jun 29, 2023
Live from Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like
Jun 22, 2023
Slow Your Disenroll
Jun 15, 2023
Debt Deal Leaves Health Programs (Mostly) Intact
Jun 08, 2023
Our 300th Episode!
Jun 01, 2023
When an Anti-Vaccine Activist Runs for President
May 25, 2023
The Abortion Pill Goes Back to Court
May 18, 2023
The Crisis Is Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
May 11, 2023
Health Programs at Risk as Debt Ceiling Cave-In Looms
May 04, 2023
Dancing Under the Debt Ceiling
Apr 27, 2023
Will They or Won’t They (Block the Abortion Pill)?
Apr 20, 2023
The Confusing Fate of the Abortion Pill
Apr 13, 2023
The ‘Unwinding’ of Medicaid
Apr 06, 2023
A Judicial Body Blow to the ACA
Mar 30, 2023
The Policy, and Politics, of Medicare Advantage
Mar 23, 2023
Judging the Abortion Pill
Mar 16, 2023
Biden Budget Touches All the Bases
Mar 10, 2023
March Medicaid Madness
Mar 02, 2023
Senators Have Mental Health Crises, Too
Feb 23, 2023
The Kids Are Not OK
Feb 16, 2023
A Health-Heavy State of the Union
Feb 09, 2023
Au Revoir, Public Health Emergency
Feb 02, 2023
Part II: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
Jan 27, 2023
Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe’
Jan 26, 2023
As US Bumps Against Debt Ceiling, Medicare Becomes a Bargaining Chip
Jan 19, 2023
GOP House Opens With Abortion Agenda
Jan 12, 2023
Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes
Jan 05, 2023
The Covid Coordinator Speaks
Dec 23, 2022
Health Spending? Only Congress Knows
Dec 15, 2022
Congress Races the Clock
Dec 08, 2022
Medicaid Machinations
Dec 01, 2022
Changing of the Guard
Nov 17, 2022
The Midterm Shake-Up
Nov 10, 2022
ACA Open Enrollment Without the Drama
Nov 03, 2022
Voters Will Get Their Say on Multiple Health Issues
Oct 27, 2022
Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
Oct 20, 2022
Finally Fixing the “Family Glitch”
Oct 13, 2022
Looking Ahead to the Lame-Duck Session
Oct 06, 2022
On Government Spending, Congress Decides Not to Decide
Sep 29, 2022
Biden Declares the Pandemic ‘Over’
Sep 22, 2022
Graham’s Bill Recenters Abortion Debate
Sep 15, 2022
Judge Takes Aim at the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Care Benefits
Sep 08, 2022
The Future of Public Health, 2022 Edition
Aug 25, 2022
Wrapping Up Summer’s Health News
Aug 18, 2022
A Big Week for Biden
Aug 11, 2022
Kansas Makes a Statement
Aug 04, 2022
Manchin Makes a Deal
Jul 28, 2022
Drug Price Bill Is a Go in the Senate
Jul 21, 2022
Life After ‘Roe’ Is ... Confusing
Jul 14, 2022
A Chat With the Surgeon General on Health Worker Burnout
Jul 07, 2022
A World Without ‘Roe’
Jun 30, 2022
Supreme Court Overturns Roe
Jun 24, 2022
The FDA Goes After Nicotine
Jun 23, 2022
Closing In on Covid Vaccines for 'The Littles'
Jun 16, 2022
Taking a Shot at Gun Control
Jun 09, 2022
Washington’s Slow Churn
Jun 02, 2022
A(nother) Very Sad Week
May 26, 2022
Waking Up to Baby Formula Shortage
May 19, 2022
The Invisible Pandemic
May 12, 2022
Leaked Abortion Opinion Rocks Washington’s World
May 05, 2022
[Rebroadcast] Roe v. Wade on the Rocks
May 03, 2022
More Covid Complications for Congress
Apr 28, 2022
A Conversation With Peter Lee on What’s Next for the ACA
Apr 21, 2022
News You Might Have Missed
Apr 14, 2022
Finally, a Fix for the ‘Family Glitch’
Apr 07, 2022
Funding for the Next Pandemic
Mar 31, 2022
The ACA Turns 12
Mar 24, 2022
We May Be Done With Covid, But Covid’s Not Done With Us
Mar 17, 2022
Congress Shelves Covid Funding for Now
Mar 10, 2022
A Health-Heavy State of the Union
Mar 03, 2022
Contemplating a Post-‘Roe’ World
Feb 24, 2022
It’s Health Costs, Stupid (2022 Edition)
Feb 17, 2022
FDA Takes Center Stage
Feb 10, 2022
Paging the HHS Secretary
Feb 03, 2022
Record ACA Enrollment Puts Pressure on Congress
Jan 27, 2022
Roe v. Wade’s (Possibly Last) Anniversary
Jan 20, 2022
Dealing With Drug Prices
Jan 13, 2022
Contagion Confusion
Jan 06, 2022
Manchin Blows Up Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’
Dec 22, 2021
Oh, Oh, Omicron
Dec 16, 2021
Much Ado About (Vaccine) Mandates
Dec 09, 2021
Roe v. Wade on the Rocks
Dec 02, 2021
The Big Biden Budget Bill Passes the House
Nov 23, 2021
Boosting Confusion
Nov 18, 2021
Why Health Care Is So Expensive, Chapter $22K
Nov 11, 2021
Compromise Is Coming — Maybe
Nov 04, 2021
Interview with Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog
Oct 29, 2021
Biden Social-Spending ‘Framework’ Pulls Back on Key Health Pledges
Oct 28, 2021
Dems Agree to Agree, But Not on What to Agree on
Oct 21, 2021
The Politics of Vaccine Mandates
Oct 14, 2021
Abortion Politics Front and Center
Oct 07, 2021
The Health Agenda Still on Hold
Oct 01, 2021
The Autumn of Democrats’ Discontent
Sep 23, 2021
Much Ado About Drug Prices
Sep 16, 2021
The Future of Public Health
Sep 09, 2021
Vaccine Approval Moves the Needle on Covid
Aug 26, 2021
Booster Time
Aug 19, 2021
The Senate Acts
Aug 12, 2021
Delta Blues
Aug 05, 2021
Hot Covid Summer
Jul 29, 2021
Delta Changes the Covid Conversation
Jul 22, 2021
Here Comes Reconciliation
Jul 15, 2021
Becerra Urges Congress to Expand Medicare, Address Rx Prices
Jul 13, 2021
Un-Trumping the ACA
Jul 01, 2021
How to Expand Health Coverage
Jun 24, 2021
The ACA Lives
Jun 18, 2021
Our 200th Episode!
Jun 10, 2021
The Drug Price Dilemma
Jun 03, 2021
The Return of the Public Option
May 27, 2021
Roe v. Wade on the Ropes
May 20, 2021
Drug Price Effort Hits a Snag
May 13, 2021
Sharing Vaccines With the World
May 06, 2021
100 Days of Health Policy
Apr 29, 2021
Picking Up the Pace of Undoing Trump Policies
Apr 22, 2021
Pause and Effect on Covid Vaccines
Apr 16, 2021
Health Care as Infrastructure
Apr 08, 2021
Planning for Round Two
Apr 01, 2021
Getting Down to Work at HHS
Mar 25, 2021
ACA Packs More Benefits — And More Confusion
Mar 18, 2021
Expanding the ACA in an Unpredicted Way
Mar 11, 2021
Good and Not-So-Good News on Covid
Mar 04, 2021
Staffing Up at HHS
Feb 26, 2021
Open Enrollment, One More Time
Feb 18, 2021
All About Budget Reconciliation
Feb 11, 2021
Covid and Kids
Feb 04, 2021
The Long Road to Unwinding Trump Health Policies
Jan 28, 2021
The Biden Health Agenda
Jan 21, 2021
On Capitol Hill, Actions Have Consequences
Jan 14, 2021
Georgia Turns the Senate Blue
Jan 07, 2021
2020 in Review — It Wasn’t All COVID
Dec 23, 2020
All I Want for Christmas Is a COVID Relief Bill
Dec 17, 2020
Vaccines Soon but COVID Relief Bill Still Stalled
Dec 10, 2020
Who Will Run the Biden Health Effort?
Dec 03, 2020
Transition Troubles Mount as COVID Spreads
Nov 20, 2020
What Would Dr. Fauci Do?
Nov 19, 2020
Transition Interrupted
Nov 12, 2020
Change Is in the Air
Nov 06, 2020
As COVID Cases Spike, White House Declares Pandemic Over
Oct 29, 2020
A Little Good News and Some Bad on COVID-19
Oct 22, 2020
Dems May Lose on SCOTUS, But Hope to Win on ACA
Oct 15, 2020
Trump vs. COVID
Oct 08, 2020
Election Preview: What’s Next for Health?
Oct 01, 2020
ACA in Peril With Ginsburg Seat in Play
Sep 24, 2020
It’s Scandal Week
Sep 17, 2020
The Politics of Science
Sep 10, 2020
The Affordable Care Act Turns 10 (Rebroadcast)
Aug 27, 2020
Democrats in Array (For Now)
Aug 20, 2020
Kamala Harris on Health
Aug 13, 2020
Still Waiting for That Trump Health Plan
Aug 06, 2020
Republicans in COVID Disarray
Jul 30, 2020
Trump Twists on Virus Response
Jul 23, 2020
The Trump Administration’s War on Fauci
Jul 16, 2020
‘Open The Schools, Close The Bars’
Jul 09, 2020
High Court’s Surprising Abortion Decision
Jun 29, 2020
The Pandemic Shifts; The Politics, Not So Much
Jun 25, 2020
SCOTUS, Trump Collide Over Transgender Rights
Jun 18, 2020
Say What? The Spread Of Coronavirus Confusion
Jun 11, 2020
Protests And Pandemics
Jun 04, 2020
Still Seeking A Federal Coronavirus Strategy
May 28, 2020
States And COVID-19: You’re On Your Own
May 21, 2020
What’s In The Next Round Of COVID-19 Relief?
May 14, 2020
Blowing The Whistle On Trump Team’s COVID Policies
May 07, 2020
SCOTUS Decides An ACA Case. No, Not THAT Case.
Apr 30, 2020
Whom Do We Trust For COVID Info?
Apr 23, 2020
How Will We Reopen The Economy?
Apr 16, 2020
Who Will Pay For COVID-19 Care?
Apr 09, 2020
All Coronavirus All The Time
Apr 02, 2020
The Affordable Care Act Turns 10
Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus Goes Viral
Mar 12, 2020
A ‘Super Tuesday’ For The Health Debate?
Mar 05, 2020
Prepping For A Possible Pandemic
Feb 27, 2020
The Labor Pains Of ‘Medicare For All’
Feb 20, 2020
Live From D.C. With Rep. Donna Shalala
Feb 13, 2020
Fact-Checking President Trump’s State Of The Union
Feb 06, 2020
Remaking Medicaid – Maybe
Jan 30, 2020
SCOTUS Punts On ACA Case — For Now
Jan 23, 2020
Trump Takes Credit Where It Isn’t Due
Jan 16, 2020
Democrats Roll Dice On SCOTUS And The ACA
Jan 09, 2020
How Do Other Countries Pay For Health Care?
Jan 02, 2020
ACA Still Under A Cloud After Court Ruling
Dec 19, 2019
Legislate-A-Palooza
Dec 12, 2019
We Spend HOW MUCH On Health Care?
Dec 05, 2019
How’s That Open Enrollment Going?
Nov 26, 2019
The Health Care Campaign
Nov 21, 2019
Spending Bill Slowdown
Nov 14, 2019
Elections Matter
Nov 07, 2019
Spooky Stuff
Oct 31, 2019
All About Medicaid
Oct 24, 2019
Democrats Do Drugs (Prices)
Oct 17, 2019
Trump Merges Health And Immigration
Oct 10, 2019
Trump Turns To Medicare
Oct 03, 2019
Impeachment And The Health Agenda
Sep 26, 2019
Tennessee Seeks Medicaid Changes
Sep 19, 2019
Despite Booming Economy, Uninsured Rate Ticks Up
Sep 12, 2019
Waiting For The Trump Health Plan
Sep 05, 2019
All About Medicare
Aug 22, 2019
We Answer Your Questions
Aug 15, 2019
Gun Violence And The Politics Of Public Health
Aug 08, 2019
Deciphering The Democrats’ Health Debate
Aug 01, 2019
Cue The Drug Price Debate
Jul 25, 2019
Biden Doubles Down On Obamacare
Jul 18, 2019
Could The ACA Really Go Away?
Jul 11, 2019
All About ‘Medicare for All’
Jul 02, 2019
Dems Debate Health Care
Jun 27, 2019
Health Politics Heading Into 2020: Live From Aspen!
Jun 24, 2019
Who Will Pay To Fix Problem Of Surprise Medical Bills?
Jun 13, 2019
Fetal Tissue Research Is Latest Flashpoint In Abortion Debate
Jun 06, 2019
The State Of The Abortion Debate — A Deep Dive
May 30, 2019
Is ‘Medicare For All’ Losing Steam?
May 23, 2019
States Race To Reverse Roe
May 16, 2019
‘Conscience’ Rules, Rx Prices and Still More Medicare
May 09, 2019
Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello ‘Medicare-For-All’?
May 02, 2019
The Abortion Wars Rage On
Apr 24, 2019
You Have Questions, We Have Answers
Apr 18, 2019
Still More Medicare-For-All
Apr 11, 2019
The GOP’s Health Reform Whiplash
Apr 04, 2019
Health Care’s Back (In Court)
Mar 28, 2019
Surprise! Fixing Surprise Medical Bills Is Harder Than it Looks
Mar 21, 2019
The Karma Of Cutting Medicare
Mar 15, 2019
What The Health: What’s Next For The FDA?
Mar 07, 2019
'Medicare-For-All' Debate: Who’s Going To Pay
Feb 28, 2019
How Safe Are Your Supplements?
Feb 21, 2019
“Medicare-For-All” For Dummies
Feb 14, 2019
A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union
Feb 07, 2019
Live From D.C.: A Look Ahead At Health Policy In 2019
Jan 31, 2019
‘Medicare-For-All’? More? Some?
Jan 24, 2019
Drug Prices Are Rising Again. Is Someone Going To Do Something About It?
Jan 17, 2019
New Year, New Health Proposals
Jan 10, 2019
Ask Us Anything!
Jan 03, 2019
More On That Texas Lawsuit, And The Best And Worst Health Policy Stories Of The Year
Dec 20, 2018
What Just Happened To The ACA In Texas And What Happens Now? Special Bonus Edition
Dec 17, 2018
Insurance Enrollment Is Lagging — And There Are Lots Of Reasons Why
Dec 13, 2018
Is Health Spending The Next Big Political Issue?
Dec 06, 2018
Episode 74: Reading The Tea Leaves In Blue Wave’s Wake
Nov 29, 2018
Episode 73: Health Nerd Books For The Holidays
Nov 20, 2018
Episode 72: Doctors, Guns and Lame Ducks
Nov 15, 2018
Episode 71: Split Decision On Health Care
Nov 08, 2018
Episode 70: Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview
Nov 01, 2018
Episode 69: Trump, GOP Fight Back On Health Care
Oct 25, 2018
Episode 68: Republicans’ Preexisting Political Problem
Oct 18, 2018
Episode 67: Falling Premiums And Rising Political Tensions
Oct 11, 2018
Episode 66: Some Things Old, Some Things New
Oct 04, 2018
Episode 65: (Almost) Live from Austin!
Sep 28, 2018
Episode 64: Health On The Hill
Sep 20, 2018
Episode 63: A Detour On A Smoking Off-Ramp
Sep 13, 2018
Episode 62: Health Policy Goes To Court
Sep 06, 2018
Episode 61: Ask Us Anything!
Aug 30, 2018
Episode 60: Opioids, EpiPens And Health Funding
Aug 23, 2018
Episode 59: See You In Court!
Aug 16, 2018
Episode 58: Coming Soon, ‘Long-Term, Short-Term’ Plans
Aug 09, 2018
Episode 57: Let’s Talk Politics
Jul 31, 2018
Episode 56: Congress And Health Care. Again.
Jul 26, 2018
Episode 55: Drug Prices And Unicorns
Jul 19, 2018
Episode 54: ACA Under Fire. Again.
Jul 12, 2018
Episode 53: Whither Work Requirements?
Jul 05, 2018
Episode 52: Justice Kennedy Retires. Now What?
Jun 28, 2018
Episode 51: Live from Aspen!
Jun 22, 2018
Episode 50: California Here We Come
Jun 14, 2018
Episode 49: Health Care Politics, Midterm Edition
Jun 07, 2018
Episode 48: Virginia, The VA And Military Medicine
May 31, 2018
Episode 47: Campaign Promises Kept, Plus 'Nerd Reports'
May 24, 2018
Episode 46: Much Ado About Drug Prices
May 17, 2018
Episode 45: The Politics Of Rising Premiums And Menu Labeling
May 10, 2018
Episode 44: Medicaid, Privacy, And The Return Of Tom Price
May 03, 2018
Episode 43: What Next For The VA?
Apr 26, 2018
Episode 42: Nothing In Health Care Ever Goes Away
Apr 19, 2018
Episode 41: It’s Nerd Week
Apr 12, 2018
Episode 40: Alive And Limping: ACA In The Age Of Trump
Apr 05, 2018
Episode 39: VA Secretary Out, Privatization In?
Mar 29, 2018
Episode 38: Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 37: Rocky Road Ahead In Congress For Insurance Market Bills
Mar 15, 2018
Episode 36: HHS Leaders Take To The Stump
Mar 08, 2018
Episode 35: The ACA Heads Back To Court. Again.
Mar 01, 2018
Episode 34: The Long Wait Ends For Short-Term Plan Rules
Feb 22, 2018
Episode 33: What Do The Budget, Idaho And FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Have In Common?
Feb 15, 2018
Episode 32: There’s a Really Big Health Bill in that Budget Deal
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 31: The State of the (Health) Union
Jan 31, 2018
Episode 30: CHIP (Finally) Gets Funded
Jan 25, 2018
Episode 29: Our First Live Show: What The Health Will Happen In 2018?
Jan 18, 2018
Episode 28: Should You Work For Your Medicaid Coverage?
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 27: While You Were Celebrating…
Jan 04, 2018
Episode 26: The Year In Health Policy
Dec 21, 2017
Episode 25: Farewell Individual Mandate
Dec 15, 2017
Episode 24: Is Health Care Spending Still The Hungry, Hungry Hippo?
Dec 08, 2017
Episode 23: Taxes, Medicare And The Year-End Mess
Nov 30, 2017
Episode 22: Meanwhile, In Other Health News…
Nov 21, 2017
Episode 21: Tax Bill Or Health Bill?
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 20: We Have Numbers!
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 19: How Confused Are We?
Nov 02, 2017
Episode 18: Open Enrollment is Nigh
Oct 26, 2017
Episode 17: Whiplash
Oct 19, 2017
Episode 16: Let’s Blow It All Up
Oct 13, 2017
Episode 15: Congress Is CHIPPING Away At Health Insurance For Kids
Oct 04, 2017
Episode 14: Repeal And Replace Is Dead. What Now?
Sep 28, 2017
Episode 13: Zombie Repeal-And-Replace Bill Rises Again
Sep 20, 2017
Episode 12: Health Plans Busting Out All Over
Sep 13, 2017
Episode 11: Welcome Back Congress. Now Get To Work.
Sep 08, 2017
Episode 10: Hurricane Harvey And Health Costs
Aug 31, 2017
Episode 9: Back To Health Crunch Come September
Aug 24, 2017
Episode 8: Why Is It So Difficult To Control Drug Prices?
Aug 17, 2017
Episode 7: No Vacation For Insurers
Aug 10, 2017
Episode 6: Now What?
Aug 01, 2017
Episode 5: What a week!
Jul 28, 2017
Episode 4: Senate Health Bill, Mostly Dead?
Jul 20, 2017
Episode 3: Senate Health Bill 2.0. Still On Life Support
Jul 14, 2017
Episode 2: Why Is This Stuff So Complicated?
Jul 06, 2017
What The Health - Episode 1
Jun 29, 2017
Preview Episode
Jun 28, 2017