Journalists Dig Into Government Shutdown and Rural Doctor Drought

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on CNN's “Quest Means Business” to discuss the Affordable Care Act subsidies that caused the Oct. 2 government shutdown. Rovner also appeared on NPR's “Morning Edition” to discuss the subsidies on Oct. 7.

KFF Health News South Carolina correspondent Lauren Sausser discussed the Trump administration's pilot program to allow AI to approve and deny treatments for Medicare patients on Apple News Today on October 7.

KFF Health News' Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith appeared on NPR Weekend Edition on October 5 to discuss states cutting payments to Medicaid providers to close budget shortfalls.

KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson appeared on The Daily Yonder's The Yonder Report on Oct. 8 to discuss local solutions to California's rural physician shortage.

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