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Kennedy Orders Top-Down Review of Abortion Pill after Alarming Study
A new study has led to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to order a “complete review” of the abortion pill, mifepristone. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MO) asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reinstate safety protocols for the drug in response to a study by the…
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How to Get $880 Billion in Savings from Medicaid Without Cutting Benefits – Commentary
Because the payment rates are so low, many doctors don’t see Medicaid patients. Among those who do, the Medicaid patient is the last they want to see. This is one reason why newly enrolled Medicaid patients increase their visits to the emergency room by 40 percent. Parkland Hospital in Dallas (the city’s safety-net hospital) tells…
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Medicaid Overhaul Falls Short, Jeopardizing Tax Cuts
Republican lawmakers are resisting efforts to overhaul Medicaid, a program that now insures one in five Americans and involves billions of dollars in waste, fraud, and abuse. House Republicans dropped their “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” on May 12, a reconciliation bill that can avoid the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold. Instead of per-capita cuts or a…
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Trump EO to Bring U.S. Drug Prices in Line with Other Countries’
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) aimed at drastically reducing the cost of prescription drugs for Americans by tying their prices to those in other nations. A February 2024 Rand report found U.S. drug prices average 2.78 times higher than those in an index of 33 other nations. The disparity is even greater…
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Rep. Chip Roy: U.S. Health Care Is Worse Than Single-Payer – Interview
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) released a 46-page report, “The Case for Healthcare Freedom,” earlier this year. The paper is a comprehensive review of the multiple challenges in health care today, which have driven up costs and reduced access to an unprecedented level. Roy discussed the report with Health Care News Managing Editor AnneMarie Schieber, explaining…
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Utah Enacts Nation’s First Statewide Ban on Water Fluoridation
Utah now prohibits state and local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill 81 into law on March 27, and it went into effect on May 7. The legislation also bans political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing laws…
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Handout Helps Patients Determine Doctors’ Independence
Patients often trust they are getting personalized advice from their health care providers, yet that is not always the case, a new consumer handout sheet warns. “Hospitals and health systems are quietly swallowing up private medical practices,” states a handout published on April 3 by the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF). “Once independent physicians…
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Trump’s Plan to Address Infertility Could Give Birth to New Problems – Commentary
Although President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) on “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization” (IVF) is undoubtedly well-intentioned, it opens the door to numerous ethical and practical problems. Technological Fertility Fix Policymakers should note that IVF is not the only way to address declining fertility. The evident approach to solving a problem is to identify…
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Trump Administration to Submit Plan to Address Infertility
On May 19, President Donald Trump’s Domestic Policy Council is expected to submit policy recommendations to improve access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and reduce the cost. “My Administration recognizes the importance of family formation, and as a Nation, our public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have…
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Trump Taps Microbiologist Monarez to Head CDC
President Donald Trump has nominated microbiologist Susan Monarez to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Monarez replaces former U.S. Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D., an army veteran and vaccine skeptic whose nomination was withdrawn in March after it became clear the Senate would not confirm him. With a Ph.D.…
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