Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment

November 1, 2025

�鶹Ů�� Health News Washington health policy reporter Amanda Seitz discussed Affordable Care Act open enrollment uncertainty on Houston Public Media’s “Hello Houston” on Oct. 30.

Read Seitz and Julie Appleby’s “A Ticking Clock: How States Are Preparing for a Last-Minute Obamacare Deal.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Phil Galewitz discussed the federal government shutdown on FOX 5’s “On The Hill” on Oct. 26.

�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Patricia Kime discussed potential cancer clusters on nuclear missile bases on NBC Montana on Oct. 22.

Read Kime’s “Nuclear Missile Workers Are Contracting Cancer. They Blame the Bases.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed why the U.S. health care system is so complicated and what you need to know about ACA open enrollment on CNN’s “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” on Oct. 17 and Oct. 21, respectively.

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<h2>Journalists Help Make Sense of Government Shutdown and Obamacare Open Enrollment</h2>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News Washington health policy reporter Amanda Seitz discussed Affordable Care Act open enrollment uncertainty on Houston Public Media’s “Hello Houston” on Oct. 30.</p>

<li>Read Seitz and Julie Appleby’s “<a href="/news/article/obamacare-states-prepare-for-last-minute-aca-deal/">A Ticking Clock: How States Are Preparing for a Last-Minute Obamacare Deal</a>.”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Phil Galewitz discussed the federal government shutdown on FOX 5’s “On The Hill” on Oct. 26.</p>

<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Patricia Kime discussed potential cancer clusters on nuclear missile bases on NBC Montana on Oct. 22.</p>

<li>Read Kime’s “<a href="/news/article/nuclear-missile-icbm-veterans-cancer-study-air-force-malmstrom-montana-colorado/">Nuclear Missile Workers Are Contracting Cancer. They Blame the Bases.</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior contributing editor Elisabeth Rosenthal discussed why the U.S. health care system is so complicated and what you need to know about ACA open enrollment on CNN’s “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” on Oct. 17 and Oct. 21, respectively.</p>

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