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HHS to Require Placebo-Controlled Trials for New Vaccines
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will enact a new policy requiring placebo-controlled trials for all new vaccines. The Washington Post reported on May 1 that HHS sent the outlet a statement that said, in part, “All new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials prior to licensure—a radical departure…
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DOJ Pressures Medical Journals for Lack of Neutrality
The Justice Department has sent letters to leading medical journals, requesting information on how the publications chose and present their content. Although the letters do not constitute a formal DOJ investigation into the journals’ practices, their wording leaves little doubt the publications are under scrutiny in the latest escalation of the conflict between the Trump…
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FDA to Phase Out Synthetic Food Dyes
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plan to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from food and drugs in the United States by the end of 2026. The agencies plan to create a national standard and timeline to transition from synthetic to natural alternatives. That…
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Hospitals Say No to Medicare Advantage
Hospitals and medical centers across the United States are increasingly opting out of Medicare Advantage (MA), a popular program that provides coverage to millions of older Americans. Providers are exiting MA so fast that Becker’s Hospital Review now continuously updates its growing list of cancellations. In 2025, Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White severed ties with…
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Medically Assisted Suicide Bills Are Sweeping the Nation
Forgoing the long, expensive, and unpredictable ballot proposal process, an increasing number of states are pushing legalized assisted suicide through their legislatures. The bills are having mixed success. Maryland defeated an eighth attempt to pass assisted suicide legislation when a bill failed to gain traction before the Maryland General Assembly ended its session for the…
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Innovators Call for More Access to Cutting-Edge Treatments
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should not overlook new applications of existing therapies and treatments to improve patients’ lives in pursuing the goal of making Americans healthier, a panel discussion hosted by The Heritage Foundation concluded. The panel focused on photobiomodulation (PBM) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as two proven treatments that…
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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, amid queries from Congress. 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…
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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 refuse to 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)…
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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 doesn’t require the Senate’s 60 vote threshold to pass. 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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