Category: Health Care
October 18, 2025
Health Care
An ‘anarcho-capitalist’ is bringing libertarians into RFK Jr.’s fold
Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now working for the health secretary, is building support for Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again agenda. Jeffrey Tucker, who elevated Covid contrarians now...
October 16, 2025
Health Care
Trump unveils IVF policies, but no new funding or coverage requirements
The moves, to lower the cost of a drug prescribed to women going through IVF and boost employer coverage, follow Trump’s campaign promise to make fertility care more accessible....
October 16, 2025
Health Care
It’s ‘too late’ to extend ACA subsidies without major disruptions, some states and lawmakers say
States are worried Congress missed its opportunity to extend enhanced ACA subsidies and lower premiums before consumers start picking plans in a few weeks. States are worried Congress missed...
October 14, 2025
Health Care
Hospital-at-home program collateral damage of the shutdown
The budget stalemate is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a successful Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home. The budget stalemate is forcing...
October 11, 2025
Health Care
HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts
A Trump administration legal document said HHS initially targeted 1,000 to 1,200 employees for dismissal, and people speaking with POLITICO say the firings focused on the CDC. A Trump...
October 11, 2025
Health Care
Behind Trump’s Tylenol warning: A lack of data on how drugs affect pregnant women
Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials. It’s getting worse where abortion is banned. Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials....
October 11, 2025
Health Care
Mass firings hit CDC
Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and current agency employees told POLITICO. Notices of the Trump administration’s reduction-in-force arrived late Friday, several former and...
October 09, 2025
Health Care
CDC panel announces plans to assess childhood vaccines
The group of outside experts will also consider shot ingredients like aluminum, as well as the timing and order of vaccines, according to a document posted on the agency’s...
October 09, 2025
Health Care
CDC, its advisers quietly expand access to Covid-19 shot for pregnant women
The panel voted to undo an action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which removed the vaccine from the immunization schedule for pregnant women. The panel voted to...
October 06, 2025
Health Care
CDC endorses vaccine panel changes to Covid, MMRV shot recommendations
The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies. The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies. Health Care