Public Health On Call
Season 2 • Episode 189
189 - Election Series: What's At Stake With Health Care—Preexisting Conditions, Medicaid Expansion, and Drug Pricing
Oct 28, 2020
16:34
Episode Description
As part of our election series, Stephanie Desmon talks with Dr. Gerry Anderson, an expert in health policy at Johns Hopkins. They discuss what the election could mean for the coverage of preexisting conditions, Medicaid expansion, and drug pricing. They also talk about a Supreme Court hearing in November that may determine the future of the Affordable Care Act, the similarities and differences between the candidates' views of the ACA, and a fact check on whether insulin really is as cheap as water.
KEYWORDS: chronic disease; state government; health equity
