About this episode

The episode discusses Bill Cassidy's shifting loyalty to Trump and his health agenda post-re-election loss, featuring insights from various health policy experts.

In just the first few days after losing his bid for reelection in Louisiana, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy has already started signaling that his loyalty to President Donald Trump has waned. But how much Cassidy will try to accomplish toward his health agenda in his remaining months in office remains to be seen. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health policy professor Miranda Yaver, the author of a new book about health insurance denials. Visit our website for a transcript of this episode. Plus for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: The Wall Street Journal’s “ How Zyn Became All the Rage Inside Trump World — Including With RFK Jr. ,” by Liz Essley Whyte, Josh Dawsey and C. Ryan Barber. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Stat’s “ 1 in 8 Women Drink During Pregnancy. Experts Dread the Consequences ,” by Isabella Cueto…

People in this episode

Host: Julie Rovner

Guests: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Alice Miranda Ollstein, Joanne Kenen, Miranda Yaver

Topics covered

• health policy
• politics
• health insurance
• reproductive health
• elections

Keywords

• Bill Cassidy
• health policy
• Trump
• health insurance denials
• reproductive health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Politico, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Politico Magazine, Stat, The Associated Press, KFF Health News

Books & works: How Zyn Became All the Rage Inside Trump World — Including With RFK Jr., 1 in 8 Women Drink During Pregnancy. Experts Dread the Consequences, A Crisis of Conscience Spurred This Christian IVF Doctor’s Career Pivot, Religious Anti-Abortion Center Finds Opportunity in Town Without OB-GYNs

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