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Report: Top Republicans Want To Halt Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

September 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios reports that multiple high-ranking GOP lawmakers said that if Donald Trump wins the election, Republicans might attempt to dismantle the popular price reductions over concerns about pharmaceutical innovation.

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Project 2025 Authors Awarded Spots in Trump Administration

November 22, 2024 Morning Briefing

Although many of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have come from the dust jacket of Project 2025, prominent author Roger Severino, a staunch anti-abortionist, has been rejected from consideration for the position of HHS secretary due to his views on abortion being too controversial.

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Federal Spending Grew Even As DOGE Axed Agencies, Culled Health Sector

April 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

According to the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model, which tracks weekly Treasury data, total spending rose by 6.3%, or $156 billion, since Donald Trump took office, compared to the first four months of 2024, Politico reported.

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DEA Nominee Chronister Bows Out

December 4, 2024 Morning Briefing

Also, news outlets weigh the fallout of some of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans and policies: a reduced home health and long-term care workforce if certain immigrants are deported; and more than 3 million Medicaid recipients at risk of losing coverage.

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Pharma Companies Have 60 Days To Lower Drug Prices In US, Trump Says

August 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

In line with President Donald Trump’s “most favored nation” model, letters were sent Thursday to 17 of the world’s biggest drug companies demanding price cuts for Americans and direct-to-consumer sales options. Meanwhile, the administration is testing the efficacy of a rebate system for safety-net providers that participate in 340B rather than discounting prices upfront.

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This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True

By Bram Sable-Smith November 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. They’ve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices, and, in the future, they hope to provide a public-facing resource for consumers. In the meantime, consumers should shop wisely as open enrollment season begins.

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Three Things About the Abortion Debate That Many People Get Wrong

By Julie Rovner July 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The commonly repeated myths include arguments that only women who are pregnant are affected by the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, that Democratic lawmakers could have codified abortion protections before, and that Congress can easily get rid of federal laws restricting abortion.

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RFK Jr. Says Parts Of FDA Will ‘Go’; DeSantis Urges Ladapo For HHS Chief

November 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Donald Trump’s confidante Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will likely play a large role in the next administration, has pledged to gut “cronyism” and corruption in the public health bureaucracy. On Wednesday, he said “entire departments” will likely be cut from the FDA.

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A Deep Dive Into the Widening Mortality Gap Across the Political Aisle

By Colleen DeGuzman June 8, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Research out this week examines how an area’s political environment can affect its mortality rate.

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NY Hospitals Caught In The Middle Of Federal-State Trans Care Tug-Of-War

February 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

New York providers, wary of losing federal funding in light of President Donald Trump’s executive order to halt gender-affirming treatments, are told they would be violating state law if they don’t provide such care. More news comes from Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana.

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Trump’s Abortion Position Upsets GOP Hardliners

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Former President Donald Trump’s statement that abortion is a matter for states and “the people” to decide has not gone down well with some Republicans. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s criticism of his announcement spurred Trump to say hardliners like Graham were doing “disservice.”

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Even Where Abortion Is Still Legal, Many Brick-and-Mortar Clinics Are Closing

By Kate Wells, Michigan Public May 16, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Some clinics that provide abortions are closing, even in states where voters have passed some of the nation’s broadest abortion protections. It’s happening in places like New York, Illinois, and Michigan, as reproductive health care faces new financial pressures.

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FDA Layoffs Will Likely Force Cutbacks In Food And Drug Inspections

April 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

CBS reports that roughly 170 workers were laid off from the FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations. In related FDA news, the pharmaceutical industry is worried about the cuts; layoffs include senior veterinarians working on bird flu; and more. Also, President Donald Trump’s tariff exemptions for pharma.

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Conservatives Zero In On Federal Labor Law To Limit Abortion Coverage

June 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Proposals being floated among presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s insiders would make it more difficult for patients with private employer insurance to travel out of state for abortion care, experts contend.

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Conservatives on Supreme Court, as Expected, End Nationwide Right to Abortion

By Julie Rovner June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The 6-3 decision, telegraphed in May by an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion, eliminates the right to abortion as if it never existed at all.

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Trump Might Medically Discharge All Transgender Troops

November 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

According to several news outlets, an executive order is being drafted that would immediately discharge all transgender service members — estimated at 15,000 — from the military, a move that would prove to be chaotic at a time when new recruitments are low. Donald Trump’s team did not deny the reports but said no decisions have been made.

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Speaker Johnson Says Obamacare In For ‘Massive Reform’ If Trump Wins But Denies Repeal Accusation

October 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments about the future of Obamacare under a possible Trump administration is becoming campaign trail fodder. Kamala Harris’ campaign seized on them, saying that Republicans will repeal the Affordable Care Act. Johnson called that a “dishonest” characterization, and Donald Trump’s campaign is distancing itself from the speaker’s plan.

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For Republican Candidates, Talk About Moms and Babies Is a Thorny Issue

By Emmarie Huetteman November 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The abortion issue looms large over the midterm elections, and some in the Republican Party, long associated with efforts to restrict access, are looking to reassure voters they have women’s health in mind.

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House Rejects Trump-Favored Spending Deal That Stripped Out Health Measures

December 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

Lawmakers must now come up with a Plan C after a version of a stopgap spending bill – that had the seal of approval of incoming President Donald Trump after he scuttled the first version of a deal – was voted down 174-235 Thursday night. The deadline toward a government shutdown is tonight.

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American Travelers 60 And Up Advised To Skip Chikungunya Vaccine

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

The FDA and CDC recommended the pause while the government looks into possible side effects. Also: RFK Jr. raises eyebrows after swimming with his grandkids in a contaminated creek; President Donald Trump instructs the VA to build a center for homeless veterans in Los Angeles; and more.

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