KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Democrats in Array (For Now)


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Democrats have shown a remarkably united front, including on health care, in their socially distant, made-for-TV convention this week. That’s likely due, at least in part, to the physical separation of party members who disagree on issues — this year they cannot chatter on live television — and to the party truly being united in its desire to defeat President Donald Trump in November.

Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic continues to complicate efforts around the country to get students back to school, from preschool to college. And the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate anti-discrimination protections in health care for transgender people is put on hold by a federal judge.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Shefali Luthra of The 19th.

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: The Washington Post’s “Can Dogs Detect the Novel Coronavirus? The Nose Knows,” by Frances Stead Sellers

Margot Sanger-Katz: The Atlantic’s “The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back,” by Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal

Paige Winfield Cunningham: Stat News’ “Seven Months Later, What We Know About Covid-19 – And the Pressing Questions That Remain,” by Andrew Joseph, Helen Branswell and Elizabeth Cooney.

Shefali Luthra: KHN’s “Back to the Future: Trump’s History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes,” by Victoria Knight


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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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