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title: "Journalists Discuss Measles, Vaccination Rates, Food Recalls, Medicaid AI, and the ACA Ahead of Mi"
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specialty: "General"
source_name: "KFF Health News"
source_url: "https://kffhealthnews.org/on-air/on-air-august-29-2026-measles-vaccination-food-recalls-midterm-elections/"
published_at: "2026-08-29T09:00:00.000Z"
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# Journalists Discuss Measles, Vaccination Rates, Food Recalls, Medicaid AI, and the ACA Ahead of Mi
## Provenance & Clinical Metadata
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- **Specialty:** [General](https://medichelpline.com/clinical-feed/general.md)
- **Primary Source:** KFF Health News
- **Source URL:** [Original Journal Publication](https://kffhealthnews.org/on-air/on-air-august-29-2026-measles-vaccination-food-recalls-midterm-elections/)
- **Published At:** 2026-08-29T09:00:00.000Z
- **Evidence Rating:** Verified Feed
## Executive GIST (TL;DR)
- KFF Health News journalists made multiple media appearances the week of Aug. 21–26, 2026 to discuss public health stories relevant to the upcoming midterm elections. - Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, spoke on CBS News 24/7 programs about **measles**, recent fatal measles cases, vaccine issues and summer food recalls, and she fact-checked comments by CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz on **vaccines** and drug prices. - Julie Rovner, KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent, discussed kindergarten vaccination rates on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show. - Mark Kreidler, a KFF Health News contributor, talked about the use of **artificial intelligence** to assist with **Medicaid** reenrollment on KVPR’s Central Valley Daily and authored a related KFF Health News story. - Julie Appleby, senior correspondent, discussed the state of the **Affordable Care Act** on Vox’s Today, Explained podcast. - Briah Lumpkins, KFF Health News Georgia correspondent, addressed the role of healthcare policy in voters’ priorities for upcoming elections on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report. - The item links to recordings or pages for each appearance and a related KFF Health News article about AI in Medicaid; it situates these reports as part of KFF Health News On Air coverage ahead of midterms. - The coverage touches on public-health matters (vaccination rates and measles), food safety (recalls), health policy (ACA, Medicare/Medicaid topics, drug prices), and technology in enrollment, but specific data points beyond program appearances were not reported in the source.
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