Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts

�鶹Ů�� Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23.

Read Anthony’s “A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the changing availability of Affordable Care Act plans on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Sept. 19.

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed federal changes to Medicaid funding on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 19.

Read Sam Whitehead and Rayasam’s “Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems.”

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<h2>Journalists Recap Coverage on Organ Harvesting, Obamacare, and Medicaid Cuts</h2>
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<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly.jpg" alt="" /></figure><p>�鶹Ů�� Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed problems with the organ transplantation industry on Apple News’ “Apple News Today” on Sept. 23. </p><ul><li></li><li>Read Anthony’s “<a href="/news/article/organ-donation-transplant-harvesting-still-alive-missouri-st-louis/">A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man’s Organs — Until His Doctor Intervened</a>.”</li></ul><p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the changing availability of Affordable Care Act plans on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Sept. 19.</p><ul><li></li></ul><p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed federal changes to Medicaid funding on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Sept. 19.</p><ul><li></li><li>Read Sam Whitehead and Rayasam’s “<a href="/news/article/uninsured-texas-rio-grande-valley-strain-local-health-systems-medicaid-aca/">Projected Surge in Uninsured Will Strain Local Health Systems</a>.”</li></ul><p /><p><a href="/about-us">�鶹Ů�� Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at �鶹Ů��—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about .</p><h3>USE OUR CONTENT</h3><p>This story can be republished for free (<a href="/news/article/on-air-january-10-2026-aca-obamacare-premium-subsidies-rural-health-fund/view/republish/">details</a>).</p><em><a href="/about-us">�鶹Ů�� Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at �鶹Ů��—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about .</em><p><a href="/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to �鶹Ů�� Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="/news/article/on-air-september-27-2025-organ-transplants-aca-obamacare-medicaid/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="">�鶹Ů�� Health News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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