Journalists Tackle Delta Variant, Hospital Prices and Public Health Spending

Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed the covid-19 delta variant on NPR’s “The 1A” on July 2.

Click here to hear Weber on NPR

Senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed hospital price transparency on WGN’s “NewsNation Now” on July 2.

Click here to watch Appleby on WGN
Read Appleby’s “Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.“

California Healthline correspondent Angela Hart discussed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s complicated relationship with California’s underfunded public health system on “The San Francisco Experience” podcast on June 26.

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<h1>Journalists Tackle Delta Variant, Hospital Prices and Public Health Spending</h1>
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<p>Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber discussed the covid-19 delta variant on NPR’s “The 1A” on July 2. </p><ul><li><a href="https://the1a.org/segments/police-reform-missouri-heat/">Click here to hear Weber on NPR</a></li></ul><p>Senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed hospital price transparency on WGN’s “NewsNation Now” on July 2. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zodBGvpFc7M">Click here to watch Appleby on WGN </a></li><li>Read Appleby’s “<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hospital-prices-must-now-be-transparent-for-many-consumers-theyre-still-anyones-guess/">Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.</a>“</li></ul><p>California Healthline correspondent Angela Hart discussed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s complicated relationship with California’s underfunded public health system on “The San Francisco Experience” podcast on June 26. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.thesanfranciscoexperiencepodcast.com/gavin-newsoms-public-health-crisis-a-conversation-with-california-healthlines-angela-hart/">Click here to hear Hart on “The San Francisco Experience</a>“</li><li>Read Hart’s “<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/despite-pandemic-newsom-declines-to-boost-local-public-health-budgets-again/">Despite Pandemic, Newsom Declines to Boost Local Public Health Budgets — Again”</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><img src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&t=event&ec=Republish&tid=UA-53070700-2&z=1713463548687&cid=ce7d78b9-6568-46fc-9918-9a72a0e72c40&ea=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fjournalists-tackle-delta-variant-hospital-prices-and-public-health-spending%2F&el=Journalists%20Tackle%20Delta%20Variant%2C%20Hospital%20Prices%20and%20Public%20Health%20Spending"/>

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