Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season

KFF Well being Information senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam mentioned gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Name on Dec. 19.

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• Learn Rayasam’s “Weapons, Race, and Revenue: The Ache of America’s Different Epidemic,” co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly.

KFF Well being Information rural well being correspondent Andrew Jones mentioned the implications of North Carolina’s certificates of want regulation for well being care amenities and tools on Blue Ridge Public Radio on Dec. 15.

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• Learn Jones’ “A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Paperwork, It’s Nonetheless a Grime Subject.”

KFF Well being Information senior correspondent Julie Appleby mentioned how expiring tax credit are creating uncertainty in Inexpensive Care Act marketplaces on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Right now on Dec. 12.

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• Learn Appleby’s “Sticker Shock: Obamacare Prospects Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers.”

KFF Well being Information Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead mentioned Georgia’s Medicaid work necessities on WUGA’s The Georgia Well being Report on Dec. 15 and NPR and WABE’s All Issues Thought of on Dec. 11.

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• Click on right here to listen to Whitehead on All Issues Thought of.
• Learn Whitehead’s “Medicaid Work Guidelines Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tough,” co-reported with Samantha Liss.

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