Journalists Review Hospital Penalties and Problems Riddling Medicaid Rx Program

Samantha Young, a political correspondent for California Healthline, on Feb. 15 discussed how Medi-Cal patients struggle to get their prescription drugs on KCRW’s “Press Play.”

Click here to hear Young on “Press Play”
Read Young’s “‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’: Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions”

Interim Southern bureau editor Andy Miller discussed Medicare penalties for hospitals in Georgia on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “Lawmakers” on Feb. 10.

Click here to watch Miller on “Lawmakers”
Read Miller’s “More Penalized Georgia Hospitals … and More Controversy”
For a national look at Medicare penalties, read Jordan Rau’s “Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars”

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<h1>Journalists Review Hospital Penalties and Problems Riddling Medicaid Rx Program</h1>
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			February 19, 2022		</time>
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<p>Samantha Young, a political correspondent for California Healthline, on Feb. 15 discussed how Medi-Cal patients struggle to get their prescription drugs on KCRW’s “Press Play.”</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/unhoused-health-insurance-autism/magellan-medi-cal-rx">Click here to hear Young on “Press Play”</a></li><li>Read Young’s “<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/california-medicaid-patients-struggle-to-fill-prescriptions-medi-cal-rx/">‘Somebody Is Gonna Die’: Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions</a>”</li></ul><p>Interim Southern bureau editor Andy Miller discussed Medicare penalties for hospitals in Georgia on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “Lawmakers” on Feb. 10. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gpb.org/television/show/lawmakers/season/52/lawmakers-day-14-021022">Click here to watch Miller on “Lawmakers”</a></li><li>Read Miller’s “<a href="https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2022/02/penalized-georgia-hospitals-controversy/">More Penalized Georgia Hospitals … and More Controversy</a>”</li><li>For a national look at Medicare penalties, read Jordan Rau’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-care-paradox-medicare-penalizes-dozens-of-hospitals-it-also-gives-five-stars/">Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars</a>”</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-review-hospital-penalties-and-problems-riddling-medicaid-rx-program/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-review-hospital-penalties-and-problems-riddling-medicaid-rx-program/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-review-hospital-penalties-and-problems-riddling-medicaid-rx-program/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Review%20Hospital%20Penalties%20and%20Problems%20Riddling%20Medicaid%20Rx%20Program&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2FNDA4OTcw&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-review-hospital-penalties-and-problems-riddling-medicaid-rx-program/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/journalists-review-hospital-penalties-and-problems-riddling-medicaid-rx-program/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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