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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Health Funding in Question in a Speaker-Less Congress

October 12, 2023

A bitterly divided Congress managed to keep the federal government running for several more weeks, while House Republicans struggle — again — to choose a leader. Meanwhile, many people removed from state Medicaid rolls are not finding their way to Affordable Care Act insurance, and a major investigation by The Washington Post attributes the decline in U.S. life expectancy to more than covid-19 and opioids. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews physician-author-playwright Samuel Shem about “Our Hospital,” his new novel about the health workforce in the age of covid.

Daily Edition for Thursday, October 12, 2023

October 12, 2023

“Excited delirium,” tuberculosis, housing issues, covid and RSV vaccines, food safety, gun violence, and more are in the news.

California Bans Controversial ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis

By Samantha Young October 12, 2023

California is the first state to ban the controversial diagnosis known as “excited delirium,” which has been used increasingly to justify excessive force by law enforcement. A human rights advocate described the law, signed this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, as a “watershed moment” in criminal justice.

PrEP, a Key HIV Prevention Tool, Isn’t Reaching Black Women

By Sam Whitehead October 12, 2023

New HIV infections occur disproportionately among Black women, but exclusionary marketing, fewer treatment options, and provider wariness have limited uptake of preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, drugs, which reduce the risk of contracting the virus.

House Panel to Hold Hearing on Erroneous Social Security Payments

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group October 11, 2023

Congress is beginning to take action on the Social Security Administration’s clawbacks of payments it mistakenly made to poor, retired, and disabled Americans.

Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 11, 2023

October 11, 2023

Mental health holds, “excited delirium” law, covid cases, vaccines, opioids, Kaiser Permanente workers, vaping, and more are in the news.

Hospitales perderán reembolsos de Medicare si no combaten mejor la mortal sepsis

By Julie Appleby October 11, 2023

La sepsis es la respuesta extrema del organismo a una infección y afecta cada año a 1,7 millones de adultos en Estados Unidos.

Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats

By Julie Appleby October 11, 2023

A new rule sets specific treatment metrics for suspected sepsis cases in an effort to reduce deaths, but some experts say the measures could add to antibiotic overuse and need to be more flexible.

An Arm and a Leg: John Green vs. Johnson & Johnson (Part 1)

By Dan Weissmann October 11, 2023

Pharmaceutical patents can drive up the costs of lifesaving medications. Hear what author and YouTube star John Green is doing to make tuberculosis drugs more accessible to the people who need them most.

Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 10, 2023

October 10, 2023

A batch of new health laws, pain management, maternal health, covid, food safety, health worker strikes, and more are in the news.

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