KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: What’s In The Next Round Of COVID-19 Relief?


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House Democrats are moving ahead with another round of COVID-19 relief, including additional funding for state Medicaid programs, an open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace plans, and money to pay premiums for newly unemployed Americans to continue on their employer health coverage. Republicans, however, say the Democrats’ bill goes too far.

Meanwhile, the outbreak of the virus in the White House complex — including a top aide to Vice President Mike Pence ― has complicated the Trump administration’s efforts to press for a broader opening of the economy even while the illness continues to spread.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call.

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 Viral Art Project

Rebecca Adams: CQ Roll Call’s “Dental Offices Hardest Hit in Health Care Industry Layoffs,” by Mary Ellen McIntire and Michael Macagnone

Joanne Kenen: The New Yorker’s “The Engineers Taking on the Ventilator Shortage,” by James Somers


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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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