With abortion shaping up as a key issue for the November elections, the movement that united to overturn Roe v. Wade is divided over going further, faster — including by punishing those who have abortions and banning contraception or IVF. Politicians who oppose abortion are already experiencing backlash in some states.
Meanwhile, bad actors are bilking the health system in various new ways, from switching people's insurance plans without their consent to pocket additional commissions, to hacking the records of major health systems and demanding millions of dollars in ransom. This week's panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins schools of public health and nursing and Politico Magazine. Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner .
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News' weekly health policy news podcast, "What the Health?" A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book "Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z," now in its third edition. Among the takeaways from this week's episode: Also this week, Rovner interviews Shefali Luthra of The 19 th about her new book on abortion in post- Roe America, "Undue Burden." Plus, for "extra credit," the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: The 19 th 's " What Happen.
