End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill Episode 377 December 19, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/what-the-health-377-congress-chaos-budget-december-19-2024/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_m45OsEnZwp0Eid1VPMoGfrwtb2Oed0XGA2GtKJlNsj8cCbzHyNKnOsWT6LmE8TUJruiTv_EE7dKfaKdvgXZNOna1kSA&_hsmi=339602266&utm_content=339602266&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate successfully negotiated an enormous end-of-Congress health package, including bipartisan efforts to address prescription drug prices — only to see it blown up at the last minute after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump applied pressure. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court accepted its first abortion-related case of the term, and the attorney general of Texas sued a doctor in New York for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman about what happened in health policy in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.