Category: Health Care
November 29, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps maintain Americans’ access to vaccines
An effort to include autism cases could bankrupt the program. The secretary’s anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse. An effort to include autism cases could bankrupt the program. The secretary’s...
November 27, 2025
Health Care
Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.
Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect. Charities that help people pay for care say...
November 26, 2025
Health Care
Trump opens the door to Obamacare subsidy extension
The president said an extension of subsidies that help people buy health insurance "may be necessary" to buy time for a broader overhaul. The president said an extension of...
November 25, 2025
Health Care
Trump’s CMS touts $12B savings from Medicare drug price negotiations
The second round of Inflation Reduction Act negotiation prices will kick into effect in 2027. The second round of Inflation Reduction Act negotiation prices will kick into effect in...
November 23, 2025
Health Care
Republicans left the Obamacare cliff to the last minute. Some are regretting it.
GOP lawmakers knew subsidies were expiring and premiums would spike, but no clear, conservative alternative emerged. GOP lawmakers knew subsidies were expiring and premiums would spike, but no clear,...
November 21, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. says he directed CDC to remove claim that vaccines do not cause autism
The HHS secretary said in an interview he ordered the CDC’s website to acknowledge gaps in studies on vaccines and autism. The HHS secretary said in an interview he...
November 21, 2025
Health Care
The White House has asked for the resignation of a top aide to FDA chief
Commissioner Marty Makary is pushing back on the demand, sources told POLITICO, in the latest development to roil the agency Commissioner Marty Makary is pushing back on the demand,...
November 21, 2025
Health Care
Inside the CDC whiplash
Workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told POLITICO that they’re grappling with lack of communication from the top, leadership vacancies and stalled progress – and the...
November 20, 2025
Health Care
As health insurance premiums soar, pressure on Republicans mounts
It’s a perilous combination for 165 million people with employer-sponsored health insurance. Premiums are rising, while yearly pay raises shrink. It’s a perilous combination for 165 million people with...
November 20, 2025
Health Care
Cassidy’s Obamacare plan will not lower skyrocketing premiums, Democrats and policy experts say
With the enhanced subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, Democrats say they see no choice but to extend them With the enhanced subsidies set to...