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Under GOP’s Medicaid Plan, 10 Million People Would Lose Coverage By 2034

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

A Congressional Budget Office estimate says 7.6 million Americans would go uninsured, the Hill reports. Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, 26 protesters were arrested Tuesday after they interrupted House Energy and Commerce Committee proceedings discussing Medicaid cuts.

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EPA Plans To Rescind Biden-Era Limits On PFAS In Drinking Water

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

The rollback would apply to four of the six “forever chemicals” that have been linked to various illnesses. Related news is on a 3M PFAS settlement, uncertainty around a Texas PFAS bill, and more.

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UnitedHealth Group CEO Resigns ‘For Personal Reasons’; Shares Keep Falling

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Chief executive Andrew Witty vowed to help fix the health care industry in the wake of CEO Brian Thompson’s 2024 killing. Other industry news is on Atrium Health’s pay raises; a strike among doctors and health care workers at PeaceHealth; and more.

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Michiganders Shouldn’t Have To Wait For Abortion Care, Judge Rules

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Noting voters approved enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution, Judge Sima Patel also blocked a requirement that providers offer information about alternatives and another that said only doctors may perform the procedure. Also in the news: abortion pills, a burgeoning maternity center, pregnancy risks, and more.

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Overwork Could Change The Structure Of Your Brain, Study Suggests

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Working 52 or more hours a week changed the brain regions associated with executive function and emotional regulation, researchers found. Meanwhile, another study shows that more sitting and lying down is linked to neurodegeneration in older adults, irrespective of physical activity levels.

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Viewpoints: Three Opportunities To Transform Medicaid; Sen. Josh Hawley Is Right About Medicaid Cuts

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle these public health topics.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, May 14, 2025

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

RFK Jr.’s Hearing With Senate HELP Committee: A Live Discussion: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Tune in today at 4 p.m. ET for a post-hearing discussion with KFF Health News correspondents Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and KFF’s Jennifer Kates, a senior vice president and the director of Global Health & HIV Policy. Register for the webinar here! 

FDA Aims To Remove Fluoride Supplements For Kids From Market

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

The move contradicts the advice from the CDC and professional medical associations that recommend low doses of fluoride supplements for children who live in areas without fluoridated water. HHS also takes on deregulation, infant formula, mental health care, and more.

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First Edition: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

May 14, 2025 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Trump’s Fast-Tracked Deal for a Copper Mine Heightens Existential Fight for Apache

By Melissa Bailey May 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Apache tribal members are already feeling psychological and spiritual harm as the Trump administration moves to fast-track a deal to turn their sacred land of Oak Flat, Arizona, into a copper mine.

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Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker Data visualizations by Lydia Zuraw May 14, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.

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Luego de prometer atención médica universal, el gobernador de California debe reconsiderar la cobertura para inmigrantes

By Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc May 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Gavin Newsom enfrenta otra crisis sanitaria en el estado, que pone en riesgo la cobertura de salud para las personas sin papeles. Expertos opinan sobre las potenciales reducciones.

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Oil Well Blowout In Colorado Likely Exposed Residents To ‘Chemical Soup’

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Chevron Bishop well in Galeton last month caused dozens of chemicals to be shot into the air. Among them was benzene — a known carcinogen — at 10 times above the federal exposure limit. Other news is from North Dakota, Texas, Connecticut, California, Missouri, and Illinois.

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Viewpoints: Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Would Balance Drug Costs; Oregon Model Could Reshape Medicaid

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss these public health topics.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, May 13, 2025

May 13, 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.

Hospital Execs Lambaste GOP Medicaid Proposal As Death Knell For Care

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Republican plan “will lead to millions of hardworking Americans losing access to health care and many of our nation’s hospitals struggling to maintain services and stay open,” one executive says. Plus, what the cuts might mean for SNAP, drug middlemen, elder care, and more.

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A Record 24.3M People Signed Up For ACA Plans During Open Enrollment

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

Data out from CMS on Monday show a 13% increase in 2025 over the record set a year ago. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that millions of Americans could lose health care coverage under a GOP-led proposal to cut back Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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Trump’s Order To Cut Rx Prices Might Have Little Effect On Patients, Pharma

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

News outlets unpack what his executive order means for Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance plans.

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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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Court Revives CRISPR Fight That Could Reshape Intellectual Property Law

May 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board was ordered to review a claim by a UC Berkeley team that gene-editing technology originated in their studies and not with the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Also in the news: tinnitus treatment, manufacturing expansion, layoffs, and more.

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