POLITICO's Pulse Check

How to watch health care in the election

Episode Summary

POLITICO reporters break down dozens of key races, review notable ballot measures and reveal what they're watching on Election Day.

Episode Notes

Need a guide to Election Day — and all of the health care storylines? POLITICO's health team has you covered this week, with a roundtable episode that explains what we're watching around the nation.

First, Victoria Colliver joins from California to discuss the record spending on the state's measure to cap dialysis clinic profits. (Starts at the 1:15 mark.) Then Adam Cancryn and Paul Demko sit down with POLITICO's Dan Diamond to review key races and share insights from reporting trips to states like Ohio, Idaho and Kansas (Starts at the 7:30 mark.)

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Victoria's story on the record $111 million in spending over California's ballot measure to rein in dialysis clinics' profits. (The story is behind POLITICO's Pro firewall.)

Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times looks at the spending fight over the dialysis ballot measure.

Paul's story on Idaho's ballot measure for Medicaid expansion.

Alice Miranda Ollstein's story on the Medicaid expansion debate in Georgia and other states led by GOP governors.

Avalere Health's projection that 2.7 million people could gain Medicaid coverage after this year's election.

Paul shadowed GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on the campaign trail.

Adam's story about the controversial opioid ballot measure in Ohio.