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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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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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Murky Health Care Pricing Data Is Making Money for Hospitals – Commentary
Transparent Health Care Pricing Even though President Donald Trump has issued directives to make hospital prices more transparent twice now, there are no tools to make it easy for patients to compare prices of an MRI, for example. This is more than a casual observation, as noted in a March 19 article in Health Affairs.…
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Let’s Reward Patients for Shopping the Best Prices – Commentary
Patients should have the right to shop. Rules exist to be followed, not ignored. Or at least that’s what most people think. But in many cases, hospitals and insurers haven’t been following the rules—and the government has been letting them get away with it. During President Trump’s first term, his administration pursued health care price…
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