{"podcast":{"title":"What the Health? From KFF Health News","slug":"what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413","podcast_index_feed_id":628413,"rss_url":"https://whatthehealth.feeds.wamu.org","website_url":"https://kffhealthnews.org/what-the-health/","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/14448/images/22fc5dba-0795-4053-9bbc-8fb9eb6623c5/WTH-3000sq_2025.jpg","author":"KFF Health News (News-Web@kff.org)","episode_count":460,"summary":"Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington, D.C.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:17:05.825639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413"},"episode":{"title":"States Start Their Medicaid Cuts","slug":"states-start-their-medicaid-cuts","published_at":"2026-07-16T17:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/states-start-their-medicaid-cuts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14448_6e63910a-f676-4323-84a1-ad1421f3fc49&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fwhatthehealth.feeds.wamu.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/14448/6e63910a-f676-4323-84a1-ad1421f3fc49/Ep_455_01.mp3","summary":"Most of the federal cuts to the Medicaid program don’t take effect until 2027, but many states are already cutting their own budgets in anticipation of getting fewer health dollars from Washington. Meanwhile, Congress is back from break, but forward progress on legislative priorities remains slow. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, as part of the “How Would You Fix It?” series, Rovner interviews Elizabeth Mitchell of the Purchaser Business Group on Health. Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read (or wrote) this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: Mississippi Today’s “ Mississippi is getting hotter. Experts say it’s hurting moms and babies ,” by Sophia Paffenroth and Joanne Kenen. Anna Edney: Bloomberg News’ “ Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove ,” by Anna Edney. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico’s “ Fraud investigations are crumbling this state’s Medicaid system ,” by Amanda Chu and Robert King. Sandhya Raman: Bloomberg Law’s “ Unverified GLP-1-Related Claims Flood Food, Supplement Markets ,” by Nyah Phengsitthy and Skye Witley.","meta_description":"Most of the federal cuts to the Medicaid program don’t take effect until 2027, but many states are already cutting their own budgets in anticipation of ge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2827,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/episodes/states-start-their-medicaid-cuts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/states-start-their-medicaid-cuts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}