{"id":375,"date":"2025-04-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilenetinfo.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:21:20","slug":"journalists-delve-into-effects-of-deep-federal-cuts-on-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mobilenetinfo.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/journalists-delve-into-effects-of-deep-federal-cuts-on-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Delve Into Effects of Deep Federal Cuts on Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the impact of federal cuts on public health on Connecticut Public Radio&#8217;s &#8220;The Wheelhouse&#8221; on April 9.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpublic.org\/show\/the-wheelhouse\/2025-04-09\/a-public-health-shakeup-covid-funding-cuts-strip-states-of-essential-resources\">Click here to hear Rovner and Maxmen on &#8220;The Wheelhouse&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rovner also discussed the recent staff cuts and reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services on WAMU&#8217;s &#8220;1A&#8221; on April 7 and on &#8220;Tradeoffs&#8221; on April 3. And she explored whether America is overmedicated \u2014 something Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed \u2014 on &#8220;The Middle With Jeremy Hobson&#8221; on March 28.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/25\/04\/07\/if-you-can-keep-it-the-firings-in-federal-health\/\">Click here to hear Rovner on &#8220;1A&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tradeoffs.org\/2025\/04\/03\/making-sense-sweeping-cuts-hhs\/\">Click here to hear Rovner on &#8220;Tradeoffs&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/the-middle-with-jeremy-hobson\/is-america-overmedicated\">Click here to hear Rovner on &#8220;The Middle With Jeremy Hobson&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KFF Health News Northern California correspondent Vanessa G. S&#225;nchez discussed the impact of immigration policy on caregivers on Apple News&#8217; &#8220;Apple News Today&#8221; on April 7. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/as-trumps-tariffs-take-hold-how-much-pain-can-americans\/id1473872585?i=1000702500458\">Click here to hear S&#225;nchez on &#8220;Apple News Today&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read S&#225;nchez and Daniel Chang&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/immigration-crackdowns-foreign-workers-caregiving-industry-workforce-shortage\/\">Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price.<\/a>&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KFF Health News correspondent Daniel Chang discussed health care price transparency on KMOX&#8217;s &#8220;Total Information AM&#8221; on April 3. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/podcast\/total-information-am-2922c\/episodes\/presidential-orders-for-health-care-pricing-transparency-still-not-helping-patients-1ae12\">Click here to hear Chang on &#8220;Total Information AM&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Chang&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/hospital-prices-health-insurance-rates-consumer-transparency\/\">How Much Will That Surgery Cost? \ud83e\udd37 Hospital Prices Remain Largely Unhelpful.<\/a>&#8221; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\/\">KFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>USE OUR CONTENT<\/h3>\n<p>This story can be republished for free (<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/watch-why-insurance-companies-are-denying-coverage-for-prosthetic-limbs\/view\/republish\/\">details<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen discussed the impact of federal cuts on public health on Connecticut Public Radio&#8217;s &#8220;The Wheelhouse&#8221; on April 9. 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