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Trump Administration Seeds Idea That Country Should Reopen In Beginning Of May Despite Health Experts’ Concerns

April 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump is pushing to reopen the country earlier than public health experts might recommend. Meanwhile, Trump shrugged off the idea that widespread testing is needed before the country can get back to work. But many health officials agree that testing and contact tracing are key to any plans to end physical distancing.

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Estados promulgan leyes para frenar los precios de los medicamentos

By Steven Findlay September 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

En lo que va del año, 33 han promulgado un récord de 51 leyes para confrontar los precios, la accesibilidad y el acceso a los medicamentos.

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When To Reopen States Is The Latest Decision To Become Politicized In Highly Divided Country

April 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

There’s a political divide over who is pushing states to reopen and who is keeping stay-at-home orders in place. President Donald Trump’s own messaging has been mixed. While he has pushed for a quick return to normalcy, he also criticized the Georgia governor’s aggressive plan to reopen as “too soon.”

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Trump Was Warned About Virus Threat In More Than A Dozen Intelligence Reports In January, February

April 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

The Washington Post offers more evidence that President Donald Trump was informed of the coronavirus threat at least a dozen times in the President’s Daily Brief early in the year, while he continued to downplay the outbreak to the public. Meanwhile, Trump’s dangerous comments about injecting disinfectants haunt him more than other false claims he’s made. And Trump’s decision to freeze WHO funding allows China to step up into a more prominent global role.

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Amid Slumping Approval Ratings, Trump Returns To Tried-And-True Tactic Of Attacking Obama, Enemies

May 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump made vague allegations to “Obamagate,” which he says is so explosive it makes “Watergate look small time.” The president also suggested that a talk-show host he has clashed with committed murder. The distraction tactics have proven successful with his base in the past. Meanwhile, Republican voters have undergone a shift on their stances about reopening, giving Trump and others cover to push for states to lift restrictions.

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Trump Minimizing Own Role In Sharp Divergence From Predecessors Who Led During Crises

May 18, 2020 Morning Briefing

Governors and other administration leaders have been tasked to make the tough decisions during the pandemic as President Donald Trump defers responsibility. Presidential historians say it’s a startlingly different approach from the country’s previous leaders who held office during tumultuous times. In other news: the White House is still in upheaval from its own outbreak scare, Trump will tour a ventilator plant and the White House staff is kept in flux.

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Trump’s Effusive Praise Of Malaria Drug Has Diminished In Recent Days

April 21, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump had touted hydroxychloroquine as a “game-changer” in the fight against the virus, alarming scientists who have not run full-scale trials on the drug that can have dangerous side effects in patients. But in recent days, Trump has mostly stayed away from talking about it. In other news from the administration: a fact check on Trump’s claims that then-President Barack Obama’s Swine Flu response was a failure; a look at how the surgeon general has been sidelined; and more.

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Trump Administration Rule Would Undo Health Care Protections For LGBTQ Patients

By Emmarie Huetteman June 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Supporters of the rule say it would strengthen health care professionals’ freedom of conscience, but opponents say it “empowers bad actors to be bad actors.”

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How A Crisis Simulation Run Before Trump’s Inauguration By Obama’s Team Eerily Mirrors Current Outbreak

March 17, 2020 Morning Briefing

As part of the transition of power, aides from the Obama administration prepped President Donald Trump’s advisers on different crises they could face in the upcoming years. One of those was a flu pandemic. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s current response to the coronavirus outbreak shows all the cracks that have been glimpsed over the past few years.

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Following Outcry From Lawmakers, Trump Mulls Extending Federal Deployment Of National Guard

May 21, 2020 Morning Briefing

Earlier in the week, Politico reported that the Trump administration considered pulling back the national guard personnel, who are working across the nation on relief efforts. But scores of lawmakers wrote in to try to change the president’s mind, saying such a move would endanger Americans’ lives. In other news on President Donald Trump’s response efforts: intelligence briefings, criticism of former President Barack Obama and a continued focus on scapegoating China. Meanwhile, the president says he will wrap up his regime of taking dangerous malaria drugs.

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Trump’s Health Strategy For Paying Hospital Costs Mirrors A Single-Payer System. Could That Shift Debate In Years To Come?

April 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

During President Donald Trump’s tenure, his administration has chipped away at the health law and attempted to make moves on transparency and drug costs. But his legacy might be expanded federal health spending that looks a lot like his political foes’ dreams. Meanwhile, Politico looks at what the president said he’d do and what he’s actually done during the pandemic.

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Trump Touts Research That Virus Is Effected By Sunlight, Floats Dangerous Disinfectant Suggestion

April 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

“The whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute, that’s pretty powerful,” President Donald Trump said in a press briefing where he also offered a suggestion that disinfectant could be injected into the body to fight the virus. Scientists knock down the idea as dangerous and potentially fatal. Other news reports on the public’s opinion of information delivered by the president.

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Chief Justice Roberts, And Likely Swing Vote, Questions Whether Contraception Exemption Is ‘Too Broad’

May 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments — over the phone — in a case to determine whether the changes made by the Trump administration to the health law’s contraception mandate are allowed to stand. The justices appeared deeply divided along the usual lines on Wednesday. Meanwhile President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for the Supreme Court to overturn the health law even in the midst of a combined pandemic and recession.

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Ideas To Curb Surprise Medical Bills Percolate With Rare Bipartisan Push

By Shefali Luthra and Emmarie Huetteman February 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The recent declaration by President Donald Trump that taming unexpected medical bills would be a top priority for his administration echoed through the halls of Congress.

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Despite Ousted Vaccine Official’s Valid Complaints, A Murkier Picture Of His Dismissal Emerges

May 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Rick Bright, an ousted HHS official, says he was targeted because he spoke out against President Donald Trump’s push to use malaria drugs to treat COVID patients. But others in the agency say that some of Bright’s own staff spent months raising concerns about his leadership, including a complaint filed by a person in Bright’s office last summer.

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Trump Retreats On Claim That He Has Total Authority Over States’ Decision To Reopen Amid Governors’ Outcry

April 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo even threatened legal action if President Donald Trump tried to interfere with the decision to lift New York’s shut-down orders. And it wasn’t just Democrats who balked at Trump’s claim he is the final decider on when the country reopens. For some Republicans, Trump’s statements sounded like a direct repudiation of a long-standing conservative legal principle.

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Pharma Cash Rolls Into Congress To Defend An Embattled Industry

By Emmarie Huetteman and Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas August 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Congress has a variety of reforms in mind that could roil the drugmaking business and potentially slash prices.

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Fauci’s Security Detail Beefed Up After Receiving Online Death Threats From Conspiracy Theorists

April 2, 2020 Morning Briefing

Dr. Anthony Fauci has emerged as a leading voice in the crisis and has not shied away from realistic projections of where the country could be headed. But some supporters of President Donald Trump believe Fauci is trying to undermine the president in an election year.

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Trump’s Decision To Withdraw From WHO Could Leave Profound Damage In Its Wake, Experts Warn

June 1, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. will terminate its relationship with the global health agency, which has become a scapegoat for the administration when questioned about its own response in the early days of the pandemic. Experts say that the move will deeply hurt world-wide public health efforts beyond the pandemic. Meanwhile, WHO launches a voluntary pool to collect product patent rights, regulatory test data and other information that could be shared to develop drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to combat the virus.

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White House Finalizing Guidelines To Help States Reopen In Phases

April 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

The effort has sparked sharp debates between public health experts and other officials who fear the guidance could restrict worship services, damage the profitability of restaurants and upend daily life in a way they deem unnecessary. President Donald Trump is also pushing for schools to reopen before the end of the year.

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