Julie Rovner

Welcome to What the Health.

I'm Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent for KFF Health News.

And as always, I'm joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters covering Washington.

We're taping this week on Thursday, October 8th at 10 a.m. As always, news happens fast and things might have changed by the time you hear this.

Issue number one today, how to make affordable health care an American right.

We'll see how some Democratic and Republican candidates are running on the issue from Medicare for All to very different approaches among Democrat and Republican candidates alike with Julie Rovner from KFF Health News to set this up.

Here is Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is running on Medicare for All.

This is from a campaign video on the topic that he released in May.

To launch 30 issues in 30 days, issue number one, how to make affordable health care an American right.

We'll explore other approaches than Medicare for all as well.

With me for this is Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News and host of their weekly podcast, What the Health? Previously, as some of you know, she was an NPR health policy correspondent.

She is also author of the reference book, Healthcare Politics and Policy A to Z, now in its third edition.

We'll see how some Democratic and Republican candidates are running on the issue.

From Medicare for All, two very different approaches among Democrat and Republican candidates alike, with Julie Rovner from KFF Health News.

To set this up, here is Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is running on Medicare for All.

This is from a campaign video on the topic.

Issue number one, How to Make Affordable Healthcare an American Right.

We'll explore other approaches than Medicare for All as well.

With me for this is Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent for KFF Health News and host of their weekly podcast, What the Health? Previously, as some of you know, she was an NPR health policy correspondent.

She is also author of the reference book, Healthcare Politics and Policy A to Z, now in its third edition.

An American Right.

We'll see how Democratic and Republican candidates are running on the issue from Medicare for All to very different approaches with Julie Rovner from KFF Health News.

That's coming up in about a half hour.

And we'll touch on a version of this, tangentially at least, in our first segment today, which will start right now.