Category: Health Care
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...
November 19, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. is battling a top aide on vaccines, again
The health secretary and his FDA chief, Marty Makary, can’t agree on how to proceed with vaccine safety studies. The health secretary and his FDA chief, Marty Makary, can’t...
November 18, 2025
Health Care
‘I don’t want to get jammed by the Senate’: House Republicans race to develop a health care plan
There are only a few short weeks left until Obamacare subsidies expire and enrollees start paying much higher premiums. There are only a few short weeks left until Obamacare...
November 17, 2025
Health Care
Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs
The public charge rule makes it harder for legal Medicaid enrollees to obtain a green card. The public charge rule makes it harder for legal Medicaid enrollees to obtain...
November 16, 2025
Health Care
How insurers ran afoul of Trump while pharma won him over
The insurance industry chose a hard line; pharma negotiated. The insurance industry chose a hard line; pharma negotiated. Health Care
November 16, 2025
Health Care
Congress’ Obamacare subsidy vote could set off state scramble
The 20 state Affordable Care Act exchanges are prepared for a straightforward extension, but that appears doubtful. The 20 state Affordable Care Act exchanges are prepared for a straightforward...
November 15, 2025
Health Care
‘You can’t eat if you’re dead’: Democrats wrestle with how to go after RFK Jr.
Some candidates and groups see the health secretary as an ideal “boogeyman” for 2026. Others aren’t so sure. Some candidates and groups see the health secretary as an ideal...
November 15, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. defends top Trump officials attacked by some of his supporters
The health secretary said White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was a friend of his MAHA movement and that his aide, Stefanie Spear, is a Trump loyalist. The...