Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants – KFF Health News

Journalists Examine Health Care for Native Americans and Recent Food Recalls - KFF Health News

KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate former TV host Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on WBUR’s “Here & Now” on Nov. 20. Rovner also discussed what it could mean for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services on NPR’s “All Things Considered” on Nov. 15.

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Click here to hear Rovner on “All Things Considered”

KFF Health News correspondent Cara Anthony discussed the “Silence in Sikeston” project on St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air” on Nov. 19.

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Read, listen to, and watch Anthony’s project “Silence in Sikeston”

KFF Health News senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed medical debt on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ podcast “After the Fact” on Nov. 15.

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Read KFF Health News’ ongoing series “Diagnosis: Debt”

KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed dental implants on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 15.

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Read Brett Kelman and Anna Werner’s “Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn”

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