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

KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19.

• Click here to hear Rayasam on Your Call.
• Read Rayasam’s “Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic,” co-reported with Fred Clasen-Kelly.

KFF Health News rural health correspondent Andrew Jones discussed the implications of North Carolina’s certificate of need law for health care facilities and equipment on Blue Ridge Public Radio on Dec. 15.

• Click here to hear Jones on Blue Ridge Public Radio.
• Read Jones’ “A North Carolina Hospital Was Slated To Open in 2025. Mired in Bureaucracy, It’s Still a Dirt Field.”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed how expiring tax credits are creating uncertainty in Affordable Care Act marketplaces on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Today on Dec. 12.

• Click here to hear Appleby on Wisconsin Today.
• Read Appleby’s “Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers.”

KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on Dec. 15 and NPR and WABE’s All Things Considered on Dec. 11.

• Click here to hear Whitehead on The Georgia Health Report.
• Click here to hear Whitehead on All Things Considered.
• Read Whitehead’s “Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky,” co-reported with Samantha Liss.

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