{"id":857840,"date":"2025-06-24T22:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/journalists-talk-medicaid-cuts-and-new-limitations-on-weight-loss-drugs-and-covid-shots\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:12:29","slug":"journalists-talk-medicaid-cuts-and-new-limitations-on-weight-loss-drugs-and-covid-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/journalists-talk-medicaid-cuts-and-new-limitations-on-weight-loss-drugs-and-covid-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Talk Medicaid Cuts and New Limitations on Weight Loss Drugs and Covid Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg\" alt  ><\/figure>\n<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KqBAIPKS2pk\">Click here to watch Rovner on CBS News<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>C\u00e9line Gounder, KFF Health News\u2019 editor-at-large for public health, discussed weight loss drugs and covid-19 vaccines on CBS\u2019 \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d on May 22 and May 21, respectively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Ik1JSgW7Oo\">Click here to watch Gounder discuss weight loss drugs on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=91r341_ddV4\">Click here to watch Gounder discuss covid vaccines on \u201cCBS Mornings.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed end-of-life incarceration on WUGA\u2019s \u201cThe Georgia Health Report\u201d on\u00a0May 16. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2025-05-16\/georgia-health-report-the-health-care-rights-incarcerated-people-lack\">Click here to hear Rayasam on \u201cThe Georgia Health Report.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read Rayasam\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/prison-end-of-life-care-dying-inmates-rights-alabama\/\">Prisons Routinely Ignore Guidelines on Dying Inmates\u2019 End-of-Life Choices<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/topics\/medicaid\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMedicaid\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/coronavirus\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/end-of-life\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnd Of Life\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/prison-health-care\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrison Health Care\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/vaccines\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVaccines\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/on-air-may-24-2025-house-medicaid-legislation-glp1s-covid-shots\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Medicaid cuts in the House budget bill on CBS News on May 22. 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