KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Health Care Campaign


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Health care continues to be a top issue for Democratic and Democratic-leaning primary voters, according to recent polls. But the presidential candidates are so busy picking at the details of their opponents’ plans, it’s unclear whether voters are becoming educated or more confused.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his health agenda. The latest effort is a series of regulations aimed at making actual prices for hospital and other health care services more available to the public.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner from Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Caitlin Owens of Axios, and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News.

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: Politico’s “The Health Care System Isn’t Ready to Replace Aging Caregivers,” by Dan Goldberg

Margot Sanger-Katz: ProPublica and STAT News’ “Inside Purdue Pharma’s Media Playbook: How It Planted the Opioid ‘Anti-Story,’” by David Armstrong

Caitlin Owens: The Washington Post’s “The Most Remote Emergency Room: Life and Death in Rural America,” by Eli Saslow

Julie Appleby: The Washington Post’s “Majority of Anti-Vaccine Ads on Facebook Were Funded by Two Groups,” by Lena H. Sun


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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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