What About the State of Health? Episode 435 February 26, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/podcast/what-the-health-435-trump-sotu-state-of-the-union-casey-means-surgeon-general-february-26-2026/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--noWbuprFvsIP4w0Gat7eb_9V3-JUCzOio1NSY7uEBhB5iiJRmTIPzlMPNMAY30oK-yQmMtWHdrsyMoWZTYMa1_5DVnQ&_hsmi=406038664&utm_content=406038664&utm_source=hs_email KFF Health News: 'What The Health? From KFF Health News': What About The State Of Health? After urging Republicans earlier this year to make health care a central issue in their midterm campaigns, President Donald Trump gave the issue only passing mention in his record-long State of the Union address this week. Meanwhile, Trump’s nominee to become U.S. surgeon general, Casey Means, a favorite of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, got her long-delayed hearing before a Senate committee this week. Means’ nomination has been controversial not only because of her outside-the-mainstream medical views but also because she would be the first surgeon general without an active medical license. (Rovner, 2/26)