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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/WTH-3x2_2025.jpg38402560This month is 40 years since host Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, began reporting on health policy in Washington. To mark the anniversary, Rovner is joined by two longtime sources to discuss what has — and has not — changed since 1986.