Morning Briefing for Tuesday, June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
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Senate Bill Calls For Deeper Medicaid Cuts Than House-Passed Bill
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
The Senate bill would expand Medicaid work requirements to include the parents of older children, not just childless adults. Other Medicaid news covers a poll indicating Americans’ support for federal health programs, the effects of cuts in rural America, and more.
NIH Cuts To Minority Groups’ Grants Are Illegal, Discriminatory, Judge Rules
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
On Monday, Judge William G. Young of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered much of the funding to be restored, pending an appeal. “I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,” he said. Plus: VA hospital rules, asbestos, and more.
Bills In House, Senate Would Create Medicare ‘Part E’ For ‘All Americans’
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
The legislation introduced Monday in both chambers would essentially allow Medicare to compete with private insurance, Fierce Healthcare reported. Part E would sustain itself through premiums, and enrollees could sign up through their employers or any state or federal marketplace.
CDC Official Who Tracked Hospital Trends From Infectious Diseases Quits
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
“I no longer have confidence that these data will be used objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions,” Dr. Fiona Havers told colleagues. And in MAHA news: Kraft Heinz says it will stop using certain artificial dyes by the end of 2027.
States Agree To New $7.4 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
If finalized, the deal, which was also signed on to by the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, would pay out over the next 15 years. Also: Eli Lilly’s experimental weight loss drug, a new Lupus drug, milli-spinner thrombectomy for stroke treatment, and more.
First Edition: Tuesday, June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
‘MAGA’ Backers Like Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — Until They Learn of Health Consequences
By Phil Galewitz
June 17, 2025
KFF Health News Original
A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.
The Price You Pay for an Obamacare Plan Could Surge Next Year
By Daniel Chang
June 17, 2025
KFF Health News Original
An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn’t extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.
El precio que pagas por un plan del Obamacare podría aumentar el próximo año
By Daniel Chang
June 17, 2025
KFF Health News Original
Los subsidios mejorados durante la pandemia expiran a fines de 2025. Esto podría generar una catarata de aumentos que afectarían a los consumidores.
A Dose Of Upbeat And Inspiring News
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Today’s stories are on family medicine, limb regeneration, weight loss, and more.
As Doctors Suss Out Ovarian Cancer Cause, More Advise Salpingectomy
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Since the 1990s, pathologists have been zeroing in on the fallopian tubes as the potential place where some female cancers start. Now, tube removal is on the rise. Other health and wellness news is about dementia risk in men, loneliness, joy, and more.
23andMe Co-Founder’s Nonprofit Wins Bidding War To Buy Most Of Its Assets
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
TTAM Research Institute, the nonprofit led by 23andMe’s former CEO Anne Wojcicki, has won back 23andMe’s core assets: its Personal Genome Service, Research Services, and telehealth subsidiary Lemonaid Health. Other industry news includes gene therapy, layoffs, nurse shortages, and more.
Morning Briefing for Monday, June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
We’d like to speak with personnel from the Department of Health and Human Services or its component agencies about what’s happening within the federal health bureaucracy. Please message us on Signal at (415) 519-8778 or get in touch here.
Trump Administration Gives Personal Data Of Medicaid Enrollees To DHS
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
The AP, which obtained an internal memo and emails, reports that the information provided to deportation officials on Medicaid enrollees included immigration status. The effect on Medicaid in the GOP’s megabill is also in the news.
CDC To Summer Camps: Check For Documentation Of Measles Immunity
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
The directive comes as measles cases so far this year have hit 1,197 infections, which is fewer than 100 cases from surpassing the record 1,274 cases that were confirmed for all of 2019. Related news is on measles exposures in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Boulder, Colorado.
Slain Minnesota Lawmaker Played Key Role In Safeguarding Health Care
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed Saturday morning at their home. Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman, who was also shot at his home Saturday, is in stable condition after “many surgeries,” his wife said. The suspect in the slayings has been captured.
Research Groups Propose Alternatives To Ensure NIH Funding Still Flows
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Stat reports that the Joint Associations Group offered two options: award payments that would vary depending on the type of institution and the type of research funded in a particular grant; or provide a detailed accounting of administrative and facility costs as line items in each grant proposal. Lawmakers and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya appear open to the policy proposals.
First Edition: Monday, June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
