KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Democrats Do Drugs (Prices)


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Despite the turmoil from the ongoing impeachment inquiry, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are proceeding with work on a major prescription drug price bill crafted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Meanwhile, broader health issues continue to be a point of contention among the Democratic presidential candidates.

And courts around the country are dealing setbacks to many of the Trump administration’s health agenda items, including one that would make it harder for immigrants to get green cards if they use public programs.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times.

Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:

Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too:

Julie Rovner: KHN’s “We Vape, We Vote’: How Vaping Crackdowns Are Politicizing Vapers, by Rachel Bluth and Lauren Weber

Joanne Kenen: The Los Angeles Times’ “In the rush to harvest body parts, death investigations have been upended,” by Melody Petersen

Tami Luhby: ProPublica’s “It’s Very Unethical”: Audio Shows Hospital Kept Vegetative Patient on Life Support to Boost Survival Rates,” by Caroline Chen

Margot Sanger-Katz: “Tradeoffs,” a podcast hosted by Dan Gorenstein, Sayeh Nikpay and Anupam Jena


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This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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