{"id":719,"date":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peeksmarket.club\/?p=719"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:26:11","slug":"journalists-assess-risks-of-tick-bites-wildfire-smoke-rising-health-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peeksmarket.club\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/journalists-assess-risks-of-tick-bites-wildfire-smoke-rising-health-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/peeksmarket.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2023_kffhealthnews-on-air_weekly-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public&#8217;s <em>The Wheelhouse<\/em> on July 22.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpublic.org\/show\/the-wheelhouse\/2026-07-22\/how-much-obamacare-remains-in-trumps-america\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ctpublic.org\/show\/the-wheelhouse\/2026-07-22\/how-much-obamacare-remains-in-trumps-america\">Click here to hear Appleby on <em>The Wheelhouse<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>C&#233;line Gounder, KFF Health News&#8217; editor-at-large for public health, discussed tick bites on CBS&#8217; <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> on July 20. She also discussed wildfire smoke and severe heat on CBS&#8217; <em>The Daily Report<\/em> on July 16.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwXG_4xycuY\">Click here to watch Gounder on <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UwXG_4xycuY\">CBS Mornings<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGCJNKG-84c\">Click here to watch Gounder on <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rGCJNKG-84c\">The Daily Report<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed the effects of soaring health costs in Georgia on WUGA&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em> on July 17.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-07-17\/georgia-health-report-health-care-costs-in-georgia-are-rising-rapidly\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wuga.org\/show\/wuga-health-desk\/2026-07-17\/georgia-health-report-health-care-costs-in-georgia-are-rising-rapidly\">Click here to hear Rayasam on <em>The Georgia Health Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Read Rayasam&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-care-costs\/priced-out-red-tape-insurance-costs-health-system-plan-switching-disruptions\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/health-care-costs\/priced-out-red-tape-insurance-costs-health-system-plan-switching-disruptions\/\">Patients Face a Thicket of Red Tape Trying To Maintain Consistent Health Coverage<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\">KFF Health News<\/a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF\u2014an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/about-us\">KFF<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/on-air\/on-air-july-25-2026-aca-tick-bites-wildfire-smoke-health-costs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\" rel=\"noopener\">KFF Health News<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"republication-tracker-tool-source\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=2264757&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Julie Appleby discussed the affordability of Affordable Care Act health insurance plans on Connecticut Public&#8217;s The Wheelhouse on July 22. Click here to hear Appleby on The Wheelhouse. C&#233;line Gounder, KFF Health News&#8217; editor-at-large for public health, discussed tick bites on CBS&#8217; CBS Mornings on July 20. 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