Category: Public Health

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Return of the Public Option

Lawmakers are working on fleshing out the concept of a “public option,” a government-run or heavily regulated insurance plan that would compete with private insurance. But the details are complicated, both substantively and politically. Meanwhile, bioethicists are debating whether the U.S. should be vaccinating low-risk adolescents against covid-19 while high-risk adults in other countries are still waiting. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.

Pressure mounts to cancel Tokyo Olympics amid pandemic concerns

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COVID-19 immunity may last years, 2 studies suggest

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Biden orders US probe into pandemic’s origins

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18 recent COVID-19-focused studies

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White patients 227% more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety than Asian patients: Athenahealth report

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Where children need parental consent for COVID-19 vaccine

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Spike in COVID-19 cases unlikely after holiday weekend, CDC director says

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WHO director on pandemic: No country is ‘out of the woods’ yet

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Minneapolis Police Injured Protesters With Rubber Bullets. The City Has Taken Little Action.

A year after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody, there is scant evidence the city has changed how its police officers use less-lethal weapons or strengthened its oversight. Instead, it may be a study in stymied reform, unenforced policies and a lack of transparency.