By Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano | New York Times For decades, runaway Medicare spending was the story of the federal budget. Now, flat Medicare…
The top contenders for the Republican presidential nomination minus Donald Trump squared off, sometimes embellishing and exaggerating as they sought to attack President Biden and one another.
The first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 cycle took place without front-runner Donald Trump and with hardly a mention of health issues save for abortion. Meanwhile, in Florida, patients dropped from the Medicaid program are suing the state for not giving them enough notice or a way to contest their being dropped from the program. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.