Journalists Discuss Cracks in the Health Care System and Roadblocks to Covid Booster Shots

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed her reporting for the podcast “Where It Hurts” on the “Too Long Didn’t Listen” podcast Feb. 3.

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Listen to “Where It Hurts”

KHN senior correspondent and enterprise reporter Liz Szabo discussed the problems immunocompromised people face in accessing a fourth covid-19 vaccine shot on Newsy on Jan. 28.

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Read Szabo’s “Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot”

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<h1>Journalists Discuss Cracks in the Health Care System and Roadblocks to Covid Booster Shots</h1>
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			February 12, 2022		</time>
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<p /><p>KHN senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble discussed her reporting for the podcast “Where It Hurts” on the “Too Long Didn’t Listen” podcast Feb. 3. </p><ul><li><a href="https://tldlradio.com/where-it-hurts-st-louis-public-radio/">Click here to hear Tribble on “Too Long Didn’t Listen</a>”</li><li>Listen to “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tag/where-it-hurts/">Where It Hurts</a>”</li></ul><p>KHN senior correspondent and enterprise reporter Liz Szabo discussed the problems immunocompromised people face in accessing a fourth covid-19 vaccine shot on Newsy on Jan. 28. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/cdc-suggests-4th-covid-shot-for-immunocompromised-patients/">Click here to watch Szabo on Newsy</a></li><li>Read Szabo’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pharmacies-are-turning-away-immunocompromised-patients-seeking-4th-covid-shot/">Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th Covid Shot</a>”</li></ul><p /><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-discuss-cracks-in-the-health-care-system-and-roadblocks-to-covid-booster-shots/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-discuss-cracks-in-the-health-care-system-and-roadblocks-to-covid-booster-shots/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-discuss-cracks-in-the-health-care-system-and-roadblocks-to-covid-booster-shots/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Discuss%20Cracks%20in%20the%20Health%20Care%20System%20and%20Roadblocks%20to%20Covid%20Booster%20Shots&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2FNDA4MDIx&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-discuss-cracks-in-the-health-care-system-and-roadblocks-to-covid-booster-shots/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-discuss-cracks-in-the-health-care-system-and-roadblocks-to-covid-booster-shots/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><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—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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