This week on "Podnosis," you'll hear from Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil. He talked with Fierce’s Robert King about the start of Medicaid redeterminations and the long-term outlook for the misunderstood program.  

Also under discussion is colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the country. Fierce's Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks with Anjee Davis, president of the nonprofit Fight Colorectal Cancer, about what stakeholders can do to tackle this disease.  

To learn more about topics in this episode: 

• 'It's finally here': States have long sought Medicaid eligibility redetermination deadline
• Managed care plans, states can now text Medicaid beneficiaries to warn of enrollment changes
• Urban: 18M could lose Medicaid coverage after COVID-19 emergency expires, likely next year
• Komodo and cancer charity map out dealing with colorectal cancer
• Salix works with colorectal cancer charity to catch the 'silent killer' before it can strike
• Geneoscopy nabs $105M to advance RNA-based gut tests for early colorectal cancer screening
• Guardant debuts its first cancer screening blood test for catching colorectal tumors
• #FierceMadness: Champion Farzad Mostashari is aiming to show what's possible in healthcare

Podnosis is produced by senior multimedia producer Teresa Carey and managing editor Querida Anderson. The sound engineer is Caleb Hodgson. The stories are by all our “Fierce” journalists. Like and subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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