julie rovner
@jrovner
Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News/horse person/corgi mom X 2. Host, KFF Health News's "What the Health?" podcast. #GoBlue!
An important read on what we are losing from the front lines of medicine. nytimes.com/2025/07/28/opi…
Crossover episode!
Helping with move/move in day with @servicerotties Bernoulli has joined us to help unpack* *cause trouble
Have you had cosmetic surgery, such as liposuction, a “Mommy Makeover,” a tummy tuck, a Brazilian butt lift, or another type of cosmetic surgery? We’d like to hear about your experience. Tell us here. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/s…
As is typical, Secretary Kennedy misrepresents the facts in several ways here. First, when he talks about the government's resources v. the plaintiffs - does he think a plaintiff would be better off facing a pharmaceutical company's resources? 1/n
The 1986 Vaccine Act gave vaccine makers immunity against lawsuits by children who suffer vaccine injuries. The statute, and numerous subsequent court decisions, recognized that vaccines, like all medicines, are, in the words of the American Academy of Pediatrics case,…
Sen. Tuberville blocked hundreds of military officer nominations for months in the Senate when Biden was in office.
When a new coach is hired, they get to pick their team. It’s that simple. 77 million Americans PICKED President Trump to lead our country. And yet, radical Democrats continue to BLOCK over 150 of his nominees. RIDICULOUS. It’s time we buckle up and get @POTUS’s team confirmed.
Welch and Wyden have a new bill to repeal the "sick tax" from reconciliation ($35 cost-sharing for Medicaid enrollees) Also repeals the wider orphan drug exemption from drug price negotiations that was in reconciliation (2 page long bill here: welch.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…)
Democrat Roy Cooper is running for Senate in North Carolina, the seat Thom Tillis is vacating. This is a must-win for Dems if they are to have any shot at the majority.
I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
And suddenly the world is less smart, less insighful, and less funny. RIP Tom Lehrer
Trump pledged to “make America affordable again.” His health care moves mean that’s not going to happen with people’s medical bills. @NoamLevey reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…
A cool treat for a very good boy after a very hot dressage lesson!
Who is surprised by this?
Exclusive: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel that determines what cancer screenings and other preventive health measures insurers must cover on.wsj.com/3UwaLvC
FDA’s cancer review teams have lost about 1/3 of the medical review staff that oversee products for breast and gynecological cancers and the malignant heme group may lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among more seasoned reviewers
NEW: All the ways your access to vaccines changed under RFK Jr. A rundown of what Kennedy + federal health officials have said and done about commonly administered vaccines. Me + @rachel_roubein @LaurenWeberHP washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07…
I will be honest, I did not have "pass the biggest cut to Medicaid in the program's history but also extend the enhanced marketplace subsidies" on my 2025 bingo card but who knows anything anymore
NEW: Republicans are split on extending Obamacare tax breaks as higher costs loom Calls are growing from GOP lawmakers in purple and red areas to extend the funds. But divisions run deep—many conservatives are dead set against it. Big decision ahead ⏰ nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
Thimerosol was voluntarily removed from nearly all vaccines (95%) 2 decades ago. It’s a preservative used for multidose vials which manufacturers have largely moved away from. There never was any evidence that Thimerosol caused autism.
After more than two decades of delay, this action fulfills a long-overdue promise to protect our most vulnerable populations from unnecessary mercury exposure. Injecting any amount of mercury into children when safe, mercury-free alternatives exist defies common sense and public…
Interestingly, according to this list, none of these people left for Politico...
Politico has compiled a list of people who've left The Washington Post over the last eight months or so. It's three pages long. politico.com/f/?id=00000198…
SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry cnn.com/2025/07/25/wea…
The new tax and spending law would cut federal #Medicaid spending by an estimated $911B over 10 years, per CBO. Provisions that only apply to ACA expansion states account for $526B of the federal spending reductions. We estimate the effects on states: on.kff.org/46VjNK4
Prior-auth may be the pre-x of today. Most see it as a big problem for them. Few think the recently announced voluntary initiative to curb it will amount to much. Our latest tracking poll: kff.org/patient-consum…
To afford ACA health plans, most consumers rely on enhanced federal government subsidies, which are set to expire — and GOP lawmakers seem loath to extend them, even though many of their constituents could lose their insurance as a result. Here's a quote from @Julie_appleby. ⤵️