From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 30, Three and a half months after funding expired for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, CHIP is finally refinanced, this time for six years.

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 28, The Trump administration recently told states they will be allowed to require some beneficiaries of the Medicaid program to work or perform community service in order to keep their health insurance

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 27, The year in health policy has already begun: The Trump administration Thursday released a long-awaited regulation aimed at making it easier for small businesses and others to form “association health plans.”

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 26, This has been quite a year in health policy. In 2017, the Affordable Care Act survived numerous GOP efforts to repeal and replace it, although the year-end tax bill will eliminate fines for failing to obtain health insurance in 2019.

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 23, Weeks ago, the tax bill under consideration in Congress became a health bill, too. But now it could also trigger major cuts to the Medicare program.

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 22, Most followers of health policy have been consumed lately by the potential repeal or alteration of the Affordable Care Act, as well as the ongoing open enrollment for individual insurance for 2018.

From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, episode 20, We have numbers! Democrats won some unexpectedly large victories in last off-off-year elections, putting health care squarely back on the political map.