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Why Trump Went From Tweeting Praise About Pelosi’s Drug Bill To Throwing His Weight Behind Senate’s Proposal

December 12, 2019 Morning Briefing

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug plan includes many policies that President Donald Trump himself has touted. It was almost a dare for him to fight against it, and at first he seemed interested. That all changed with impeachment.

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HHS Watchdog Report Finds Hospitals Are Seriously Grappling With Equipment And Protective Gear Shortages

April 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

In the first nationwide assessment for how hospitals are handling the pandemic, the facilities told HHS’ Office of Inspector General that they’re increasingly “turning to new, sometimes un-vetted, and non-traditional sources of supplies and medical equipment.” The report finds that health systems need more help with tests, supplies and equipment; workforce flexibility; bed capacity; financial assistance; and centralized communication and information, including more and better data about the virus. President Donald Trump waved off the findings.

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Trump Hints He May Be Open To Cutting Medicare, Safety-Net Programs In Shift From 2016 Campaign Promises

January 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

“At the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that’s actually the easiest of all things, if you look,” President Donald Trump said in response to a question whether cuts to programs like Medicare and Social Security were on the table. The statement was a departure from the last election when Trump tapped into the popularity of the two programs while wooing voters.

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Senate Overwhelmingly Passes House’s Coronavirus Bill, Immediately Switches Attention To ‘Phase 3’ Stimulus Package

March 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump signed the legislation–which among other things mandates free coronavirus testing–after the Senate sent it to his desk. There were worries that the upper chamber wouldn’t move quickly on the bill, but lawmakers are already gearing up for the next round of stimulus negotiations. However, with so much money involved some wonder how a fractured Congress will pass a bipartisan package even during a crisis.

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Trump Will Ask Congress To Pass Payroll Tax Relief In Effort To Stem Economy’s Downward Plunge

March 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

As stocks continued to tumble on Monday amid coronavirus fears, President Donald Trump, who has tied much of his reputation to the success of the economy, scrambled to alleviate the pain from the losses. Along with a proposed payroll tax cut, Trump said he was seeking help for hourly-wage workers to ensure they’re “not going to miss a paycheck” and “don’t get penalized for something that’s not their fault.” Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Democrats could release an economic aid package this week.

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The U.S. Was On Track To Build Cheap, Easy-To-Use Ventilators Years Ago. Then A Big Device-Maker Got In The Way.

March 30, 2020 Morning Briefing

Public health experts have long known that a ventilator shortage is a vulnerability in the system. The government tried to rectify the problem, but efforts stalled. The New York Times takes a deep-dive into what went wrong. Meanwhile, manufacturers across the country say they lack federal guidance on where to ship new products. In other news, President Donald Trump blames hospitals for hoarding or mishandling ventilators and masks, though cited no evidence to back up the statement.

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Migrantes reciben atención médica en abarrotado refugio de Tijuana

By Heidi de Marco April 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En los albergues, migrantes centroamericanos y mexicanos muchas veces están enfermos y debilitados. Un grupo de voluntarios de California llevó una clínica móvil a uno de estos lugares para atenderlos.

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Cómo impacta a la ciencia las nuevas normas del gobierno sobre el uso de tejido fetal

By Michelle Andrews June 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El anuncio de que el gobierno federal está cambiando su política sobre el uso de tejido fetal humano en la investigación médica podría retrasar importantes avances.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes April 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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Trump Suggests Health Law Enrollment Might Be Reopened After His Administration Decided Against It

April 2, 2020 Morning Briefing

When President Donald Trump was asked what people should do who lose their jobs because of the outbreak and don’t qualify for Medicaid, he said, “I think it’s a very fair question . . . and it’s something that we’re really going to look at because it doesn’t seem fair.” Earlier in the week, administration officials said they would not launch a special enrollment session. Meanwhile, data released from last year’s health law enrollment for show about 11.4 million consumers signed-up for 2020 exchange coverage.

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A Medical Sanctuary For Migrant Farmworkers

By John M. Glionna May 21, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A former farmworker, now a doctor, runs two clinics in California’s Central Valley providing care — often free of charge — for migrants who don’t have money and are deeply worried about the federal government’s hard-line stance on immigration.

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Advocates Quickly Counter Trump’s Brag That He Was Responsible For Sizable Drop In Cancer Death Rates

January 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

After President Donald Trump seemed to take credit for the dropping rates, advocates and political rivals fired back. “The largest drop in overall cancer mortality ever recorded from 2016 to 2017, reflects prevention, early detection, and treatment advances that occurred in prior years,” said Gary M. Reedy, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society.

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The Money And Politics Of Prescription Drugs: What You Need To Know

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact May 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

America spends about as much on prescription drugs as all the revenues of the three big car makers combined. Tracking where the money goes is hard. PolitiFact has some charts to help.

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Trump To Become First President To Speak In Person At March For Life Event

January 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

Although in the past, President Donald Trump described himself as “pro-choice,” since he ran his 2016 campaign he’s ardently courted supporters within the antiabortion movement. The announcement comes just a few days after the Susan B. Anthony List and its affiliated super PAC said it would spend $52 million to help the president’s reelection.

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New York’s Decision To Make Its Own Hand Sanitizer Using Prison Labor Draws Mixed Reactions

March 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

It’s unclear how much prisoners are being paid to make NYS Clean, but working inmates in New York are typically paid between $0.10 to $0.33 an hour. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the initiative in attempts to soothe fears as the number of cases in New York climbed to 142. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump lobbed accusations at Cuomo, saying he was trying to politically “weaponize” the outbreak.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union

February 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Health was a featured player in President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address. The president set goals to bring down prescription drug prices, end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and cure childhood cancer, among other things. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and, for “extra credit,” provide their favorite health policy stories of the week. Rovner also interviews KHN senior correspondent Phil Galewitz about the current “Bill of the Month” feature.

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Senate Approves $2T Stimulus Package With Checks To Some Americans, $100B In Grants For Hospitals

March 26, 2020 Morning Briefing

The deal is the product of a marathon of negotiations among Senate Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team that nearly fell apart as Democrats insisted on stronger worker protections, more funds for hospitals and state governments, and tougher oversight over new loan programs intended to bail out distressed businesses. “A fight has arrived on our shores,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said. “We did not seek it. We did not want it. But now, we are going to win it.” The House is set to vote on Friday.

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Trump’s Budget Proposal Expected To Propose Deep Cuts To Safety Net Programs Like Medicaid, Food Stamps

February 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump is expected on Monday to propose a $4.8 trillion budget that includes billions of additional dollars for his southern border wall and cuts to safety net programs. The administration is seeking a 9% cut in HHS’ budget, an 8% cut to USDA’s and a 15% cut for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. CDC’s budget would be cut under the proposal, but would see a boost in funding levels for the center’s infectious disease activities.

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Needle Exchanges Find New Champions Among Republicans

By Victoria Knight May 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

More Republicans, at the statehouse level, are saying research and results support their endorsement of a once-controversial plan to limit disease among drug users.

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Based On Trump’s Past Responses To Pandemics, Experts Worry About A Harmful Overreaction From President

January 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

“With the Ebola epidemic, it was urging quarantines, travel bans, overreacting in all the ways that would be counterproductive. I would hate to see that now,” said Lawrence Gostin, a senior professor at Georgetown University, of President Donald Trump’s past responses to outbreaks. Public officials say the coronavirus isn’t spreading in the U.S. yet, and that threat for Americans remains low. Still, anxiety and panic over the illness is ramping up as the possible cases in the U.S. climbs past 100.

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