KHN on the Air: Journalists Review Hospital Penalties and Problems Riddling Medicaid Rx Program

For a national look at Medicare penalties, read Jordan Rau's "Healthcare Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars"

This broadcast was released on Saturday, February 19, 2022 in Kaiser Health News.

Samantha Young, a political correspondent for California Healthline, on Feb. 15 discussed how Medi-Cal patients struggle to get their prescription drugs on KCRW's "Press Play."

• Click here to hear Young on "Press Play"
• Read Young's "'Somebody Is Gonna Die': Medi-Cal Patients Struggle to Fill Prescriptions"

Interim Southern bureau editor Andy Miller discussed Medicare penalties for hospitals in Georgia on Georgia Public Broadcasting's "Lawmakers" on Feb. 10.

• Click here to watch Miller on "Lawmakers"
• Read Miller's "More Penalized Georgia Hospitals … and More Controversy"
• For a national look at Medicare penalties, read Jordan Rau's "Healthcare Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars"