This week's 'What the Health?' podcast explores how health policy is taking a backseat in the new GOP-led Congress and President-elect Trump's agenda. While major legislative changes to health policy aren't anticipated, health will likely influence tax cuts, immigration, and trade initiatives. Meanwhile, the outgoing Biden administration is focused on completing its health policy goals, including barring credit bureaus from including medical debt on credit reports. Panelists Julie Rovner, Shefali Luthra, Alice Miranda Ollstein, and Lauren Weber discuss these developments and recommend additional health policy stories for listeners.
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News' weekly health policy news podcast, "What the Health?" A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book "Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z," now in its third edition.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Biden administration is racing to finish its health policy to-do list, including finalizing a policy that bars credit bureaus from including medical debt on individuals' credit reports. Julie Rovner: The Wall Street Journal's "UnitedHealth's Army of Doctors Helped It Collect Billions More From Medicare," by Christopher Weaver, Anna Wilde Mathews, and Tom McGinty.
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