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A close-up photo of a lecture with a sign reading "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" on its front. A person stands behind the lecture, but the top half of his face is out of the shot. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is seen standing to the right of the lecture.

Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare

By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby Updated June 4, 2025 Originally Published June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The domestic policy legislation the House advanced in May includes the most substantial rollback of the Affordable Care Act since President Donald Trump and his Republican allies tried to pass legislation in 2017 that would have largely repealed President Barack Obama’s signature domestic accomplishment.

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Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.

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Traveling Internationally? The CDC Suggests Getting A Measles Vaccine

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Other public health news is on a dip in the rate of childhood MMR vaccinations over the past five years; an increase in pertussis cases; a Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers; and more.

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Brain-Implantable Device Companies Vie For FDA Approval

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Paradromics’ Brain-Computer Interface has been tested briefly in a patient with epilepsy. Neuralink, Precision Neuroscience, and Synchron also have devices in the works. Other news looks at a combination drug to treat extensive-stage small cell lung cancer; the MIND diet to protect against Alzheimer’s; and more.

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Kidney Care Company Vantive To Invest $1 Billion In New Technology

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Vantive is putting more money toward research, development, and manufacturing. Other health industry news is on Advocate Health, Centene, Ballad Health, Sanofi, and more.

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Viewpoints: Right-Leaning States Have An Ivermectin Fantasy; MAHA Health Report Gets Some Things Wrong

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these public health topics.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, June 3, 2025

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

ACA changes; Medicaid cuts; health and vaccine research funding; FBI watches gender-affirming care for minors; measles; and more.

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Republicans Are Quietly Working To Undermine Key Parts Of Obamacare

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

They’re avoiding the “repeal-and-replace” branding that riled up opponents last time around, but congressional Republicans are looking to make changes to the Affordable Care Act that could leave 10.7 million fewer people with health insurance, The Washington Post reports.

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Health Experts Warn Proposed Budget Cuts Will Unravel Decades Of Progress

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

MedPage Today and Fierce Healthcare examine the Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal, released Friday. Proposed funding cuts will affect public health programs, research initiatives, cancer, HIV, hepatitis, and more.

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FBI Solicits Info On Those Providing Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, other news reports focus on the difficulty faced by veterans in getting mental health care outside the VA; a GAO report on how the NIH tracks unused funds; the FDA’s launch of an AI tool agencywide; and more.

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First Edition: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

June 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Watch: In a ‘Dead Zone,’ Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach

By Sarah Jane Tribble June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Chief rural health correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble explains how millions of rural Americans live in counties with doctor shortages and where high-speed internet connections aren’t adequate to access advanced telehealth services.

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Ballad Health’s Hospital Monopoly Underperformed. Then Tennessee Lowered the Bar.

By Brett Kelman June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Ballad Health, a state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in Tennessee and Virginia, can now be deemed a “clear and convincing” benefit to the public with performance that would earn a “D” on most grading scales, according to Tennessee state documents.

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Trump Administration Is Ending Multiple HIV Vaccine Studies, Scientists and Officials Say

By Céline Gounder and Alexander Tin, CBS News June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The cuts will shutter two major HIV vaccine research efforts, and a National Institutes of Health senior official said the agency has been instructed not to issue any more HIV vaccine research funding in the next fiscal year, with few exceptions.

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Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection

By Katheryn Houghton and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez and Arielle Zionts June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Indian Health Service was mostly spared in the federal government’s widespread staffing cuts, but tribal governments and organizations have lost funding elsewhere in the melee of federal health agency cuts.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From AHCJ: Shock and Awe in Federal Health Policy

June 2, 2025 Podcast

This episode was taped live on Friday, May 30, at the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists in Los Angeles. Host Julie Rovner moderated a panel featuring Rachel Nuzum, senior vice president for policy at The Commonwealth Fund; Berenice Núñez Constant, senior vice president of government relations and civic engagement at AltaMed Health Services; and Anish Mahajan, chief deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The panelists discussed the national, state, and local implications of funding cuts made over the first 100 days of the second Trump administration and the potential fallout of reductions that have been proposed but not yet implemented. The panelists also took questions from health reporters in the audience.

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El secretario de Salud dice que las embarazadas no necesitan un refuerzo de covid. Qué dice la ciencia.

By Jackie Fortiér June 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Las mujeres embarazadas que desarrollaron covid-19 han sido más proclives a enfermar gravemente y ser hospitalizadas.

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Johnson Says People Will Only Lose Medicaid If ‘They Choose To Do So’

June 2, 2025 Morning Briefing

House Speaker Mike Johnson defends the House tax bill changes to Medicaid as “common sense,” while the OMB director says the White House is working with Senate Republicans on a version of the legislation.

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New Report Shows The True Cost Of Violence In Hospitals

June 2, 2025 Morning Briefing

In 2023, providers spent $18.3 billion to prevent and prepare for violence and its fallout, according to estimates from the University of Washington. Other news is on the rise of “femtech;” staff cuts at Hims & Hers Health; and more.

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Doctors Find Good Diet, Exercise Can Help Patients In Cancer Treatment

June 2, 2025 Morning Briefing

It might sound basic, but data shows that focusing on healthy food and structured exercise might help patients with cancer live longer or respond to therapy. Other cancer news reports on immunotherapy, faltering drugs, liquid biopsies, and more.

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