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Sen. Rand Paul Proposes an End to Liability Protections for Drug Makers
Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky introduced legislation titled “A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to end the liability shield for vaccine manufacturers, and for other purposes.” Although the full text has yet to be made available, news outlets and commentators, as well as analysts and advocates contacted by Health Care News,…
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Nationwide Effort is Underway to Ban Vaccine Mandates
MAHA groups in multiple states are lobbying state legislatures to ban vaccine mandates, reports Reuters. On September 3, 2025, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, M.D., and Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to end all vaccine mandates in the Sunshine State, and earlier in 2025, Idaho and Louisiana indicated they were working on legislation to allow…
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States Reject Updated CDC Recommendations for Childhood Vaccination
Nineteen states have indicated they will not incorporate updated recommendations on childhood vaccination from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into their own state-level recommendations or adjust requirements for school or daycare attendance accordingly. States rejecting the new recommendations include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey,…
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Health Care Practices No Longer Required to Report Vaccine Compliance
In December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced an end to state vaccine reporting requirements, effectively reversing a 2024 mandate. The change applies to children and adults enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), programs that combined cover nearly 40 percent of children under age six in the United States.…
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Trump, Congress, States, Push Health Care Price Transparency
President Donald Trump once more called for greater price transparency from hospitals, this time as one of the four pillars of his Great Healthcare Plan. If codified into law, the plan would “Require any healthcare provider or insurer who accepts either Medicare or Medicaid to publicly and prominently post their pricing and fees to avoid…
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Will Congress Repeal Liability Protections for Vaccine Makers?
Efforts are underway on Capitol Hill and in the Trump administration that raise the possibility of repealing the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA), a public law that established a “no-fault” system to settle claims over vaccine injuries or deaths. In recent months, proposed legislation such as the End the Vaccine Carveout Act, the PREP…
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Illinois Public School Students Face Screenings for Mental Health Problems
Illinois state public education officials must prepare for a September 2026 deadline to put into place the state’s new mental health screening policy, signed into law by Illinois’ Governor J.B. Pritzker in July 2025. “Mental health screenings shall be offered by school districts to students enrolled in grade 3 through grade 12, at least once…
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Canada Invents New Euphemism for Doctor Killings – Commentary
“See that guy over there, Mugsy? “Yeah, boss. He needs to be provisioned.” “You got it, boss.” I have a small collection of euphemisms for killings, curious deaths, and murder. Most of them are comedic, like Wodehouse’s “handing in his dinner pail.” You know the serious ones: expedited, eliminated, liquidated, liberated (from Real Genius), handled, disappeared, etc.…
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The Great American Healthcare Plan Pitches Lower Drug Prices
In his push to “lower prescription drug prices for all Americans,” President Donald Trump is calling on three specific actions in his Great American Healthcare Plan, released January 15. The plan calls on codifying into law “most favored nation (MFN) drug pricing,” states a White House Fact Sheet, in addition to ending “kickbacks from pharmacy…
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Trump’s Pivot Could Make Health Care Affordable Again – Commentary
President Donald Trump sent out a very surprising statement on Truth Social on November 18, 2025. Though it applied to a specific policy issue—the expanded Obamacare subsidies which were scheduled to expire at the end of 2025—Trump’s statement was surprising because it marked a pivot toward a new perspective on health care reform: cash as…
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