LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

Author: KFF Health News October 17, 2024 Duration: 49:30
The Affordable Care Act has not been a major issue in the 2024 campaign, but abortion and reproductive rights have been front and center. Those are just two of the dozens of health issues that could be profoundly affected by who is elected president and which party controls Congress in 2025. In this special live episode, Tamara Keith of NPR, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Cynthia Cox and Ashley Kirzinger of KFF join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how health policy has affected the campaign and how the election results might affect health policy. Plus, the panel answers questions from the live audience. Click here for a transcript of the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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