What the Health? From KFF Health News

Julie Rovner

Booking Overview

This is a weekly health-policy news and analysis show featuring panels of established journalists from major national outlets, supplemented by interviews with policymakers, business leaders, and health-policy experts. Credible pitches include senior healthcare reporters, government and public-health officials, elected policymakers, healthcare executives, and researchers with significant expertise or firsthand policy experience; booking is likely high difficulty because the show regularly features prominent media figures and nationally consequential guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 468

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 6.6k subscribers

Instagram: 38.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

whatthehealth@kff.org

news-web@kff.org

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Host

Julie Rovner - Chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News and a veteran journalist covering health policy and healthcare legislation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior journalists at major national news organizations, elected officials and former government policymakers, healthcare executives, public-health experts, and researchers with direct expertise in significant U.S. health-policy issues.

Required Achievements:

Senior reporting roles at nationally recognized news organizations, Elected office or substantial experience shaping federal health policy, Leadership of healthcare or pharmaceutical initiatives, Authoritative research, institutional leadership, or recognized expertise in healthcare policy

Recent Guest Discussions

Dean Rosen - The Career And Health-policy Legacy Of Former Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum.

Rachel Roubein - Health Insurance Coverage, Federal Health Programs, And Current Health-policy News.

Shefali Luthra - Health Insurance, Federal Health Programs, And National Healthcare Policy.

Margot Sanger-Katz - Health Insurance Coverage, Federal Health Programs, And Major Health-policy Developments.

Mark Cuban - Generic Drug Pricing, Pharmaceutical Access, And Healthcare-system Reform.

Recent Topics

Health Policy, Healthcare, Public Health, Health Insurance, Health Politics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

What the Health? From KFF Health News

The Health Risks of AI

September 17, 2026

Reports from a top artificial intelligence company that it found and stopped attempted uses of its product to manufacture a potential bioweapon caught the attention of lawmakers in Washington this week, although it is still unclear whether or when they will act to regulate the fast-moving industry. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump wants to send $500 checks to about a million enrollees in Affordable Care Act plans. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of...

Anger Over Health Costs Clouds Midterms

September 10, 2026

Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access nationwide to the abortion pill mifepristone gets a hearing at a federal appeals court. Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Amanda Seitz of KFF Health News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these ...

Summer’s Health Policy Themes

August 27, 2026

As summer comes to a close, some of the season’s major health policy stories continue to simmer, including declining insurance coverage, increasing measles cases, and cuts to federal health programs. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dean Rosen about his work for former Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, a Kansas Republ...

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