{"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":"What About the State of Health?","slug":"what-about-the-state-of-health","published_at":"2026-02-26T18:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/what-about-the-state-of-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14448_263982ec-0e4b-4559-be87-ca479aa1bb5e&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fwhatthehealth.feeds.wamu.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/14448/263982ec-0e4b-4559-be87-ca479aa1bb5e/Ep_435_01.mp3","summary":"Health care got barely a mention in President Donald Trump’s record-long State of the Union address this week. Ahead of the midterms, the Trump administration has presented few concrete plans to address what Americans say is the biggest problem with health care: its skyrocketing costs. Meanwhile, Trump’s pick to become U.S. surgeon general, Casey Means, got her long-delayed nomination hearing in the Senate, where she faced some skeptical questions from Democrats and Republicans alike. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Visit our website for a transcript of this episode. 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: KFF Health News’ “ When It Comes to Health Insurance, Federal Dollars Support More Than ACA Plans ,” by Julie Appleby. Sheryl Gay Stolberg: ProPublica’s “ South Carolina Hospitals Aren’t Required To Disclose Measles-Related Admissions. That Leaves Doctors in the Dark ,” by Jennifer Berry Hawes. Lauren Weber: The Washington Post’s “ Inside RFK Jr.’s Push Against the Flu Vaccine That He Links to His Voice Condition ,” by Lauren Weber, Lena H. Sun, and Caitlin Gilbert. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Stat’s “ Pharma Lobbyists Focus on a Surprising New Target: The FDA ,” by Daniel Payne and Lizzy Lawrence.","meta_description":"Health care got barely a mention in President Donald Trump’s record-long State of the Union address this week. Ahead of the midterms, the Trump administra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2449,"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/what-about-the-state-of-health/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/what-about-the-state-of-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}