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States Challenge Biden to Lower Drug Prices by Allowing Imports From Canada

By Phil Galewitz December 14, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado has joined Florida, New Hampshire, and New Mexico in seeking federal permission to import prescription drugs from Canada. President Joe Biden endorsed the approach in his 2020 campaign but has yet to approve any state plan.

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Months Before Election, We Don’t Have A Clue About Candidates’ Health

September 5, 2024 Morning Briefing

Neither Democratic nominee Kamala Harris nor Republican nominee Donald Trump has released medical records that would assure voters they are healthy enough to effectively serve as president.

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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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Tylenol Hard Line Eases As Oz, Vance, Thune Advise Taking Doctor’s Advice

September 25, 2025 Morning Briefing

The CMS administrator, vice president, and Senate Republican leader have broken with President Donald Trump on whether pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen to alleviate pain and fever. Former President Barack Obama also spoke out, saying the current administration’s claims undermine public health.

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A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.

By Fred Clasen-Kelly February 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The First Step Act was supposed to help free terminally ill and aging federal inmates who pose little or no threat to public safety. But while petitions for compassionate release skyrocketed during the pandemic, judges denied most requests.

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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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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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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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Impasse Over ACA Subsidies Unresolved As Clock Ticks Down Toward Shutdown

September 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

A meeting between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders did not bring the sides closer to a deal on funding the federal government. Meanwhile, Republicans have upped the rhetoric, saying Democrats want free health care for unauthorized immigrants, a claim that is not part of the proposal Democrats put forward. Plus, Trump posts a vulgar, AI-generated deepfake on Truth Social.

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Federal Deficit Increase Could Trigger $491B In Medicare Cuts, CBO Warns

August 18, 2025 Morning Briefing

A report Friday from the Congressional Budget Office showed that the tax and spending law signed by President Donald Trump last month could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare if Congress does not act to curb a 2010 law that forces across-the-board cuts once legislation increases the federal deficit.

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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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Once Off Limits, Medicare Cuts Now In The Mix As Senate Works On Tax Bill

June 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

Desperate to find savings in President Donald Trump’s budget bill, Senate Republicans are opening the door to changes to Medicare — which they previously indicated would not be a part of the legislation. Changes to target “waste and fraud” in private Medicare Advantage plans are high on the list. Meanwhile, news outlets also report cuts to Medicaid and the ACA are under consideration.

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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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RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact and Katie Sanders, PolitiFact December 27, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Debate and speculation are heating up over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election. But one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories.

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Overshadowed By Medicaid Cuts, Tax Bill Proposes Significant ACA Reforms

May 30, 2025 Morning Briefing

Like Medicaid, a large portion of those enrolled in an Affordable Care Act insurance plan voted for President Donald Trump. Changes to the program proposed in Republicans’ tax bill could create a backlash in the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, senators say they will be taking a second look at the changes to Medicaid in the legislation.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Florida Limits Abortion — For Now

April 4, 2024 Podcast

The Florida Supreme Court handed down dual abortion rulings this week. One said voters will be allowed to decide in November whether to create a state right to abortion. The other ruling, though, allows a 15-week ban to take effect immediately — before an even more sweeping, six-week ban replaces it in May. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is doubling down on his administration’s health care accomplishments as he kicks off his general election campaign. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health, and Tami Luhby of CNN join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health care analyst Jeff Goldsmith about the growing size and influence of UnitedHealth Group in the wake of the Change Healthcare hack.

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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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White House Steps Up Enforcement Of Rules For Pharma Ads On TV, Online

September 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive action to crack down on misleading ads. Separately, 340B Drug Pricing Program spending grew 565% from 2010 to 2021, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Also: Novo Nordisk is cutting 9,000 jobs.

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FDA, EPA Are Tasked With Speeding Up US Pharma Manufacturing Process

May 6, 2025 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting regulatory hurdles is intended to scale back the time it takes to get plants running. “We don’t want to be buying our pharmaceuticals from other countries because if we’re in a war, we’re in a problem, we want to be able to make our own,” he said.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: SCOTUS Term Wraps With a Bang

July 3, 2024 Podcast

The Supreme Court has issued its final opinions for the 2023-24 term, including decisions affecting abortion access, the opioid epidemic, and how the federal government functions. In this special episode, Sarah Somers , legal director of the National Health Law Program, joins KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss how the justices disposed of the term’s health-related cases and what those decisions could mean going forward.

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