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Democrats Fight to Extend Obamacare Costly Middle-Class Subsidies – Commentary
Publication -Democrats in Congress are desperately trying to keep Obamacare on life support. The latest scare tactic is from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which estimates that Obamacare premiums will rise 114 percent without extending the so-called enhanced subsidies. The following is from a CNBC article: “In 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic relief law, temporarily […] -
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Urban Hospitals Pose as Rural for Federal Money, Study Finds
Publication -A growing number of urban hospitals are reclassifying themselves as both urban and rural to reap financial benefits Congress intended for rural hospitals only, a new study has found. “In 2016, in response to two federal court decisions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began allowing geographically urban hospitals to be dually classified as […] -
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HHS Reinstates Child Vaccine Task Force
Publication -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reinstated a federal task force on pediatric vaccine safety after a hiatus of nearly 30 years. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., will chair the reinstated task force alongside senior members of the NIH, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers […] -
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Trump Takes Steps to Protect Security of U.S. Drug Market
Publication -To ensure a “resilient domestic supply chain for essential medicines,” President Trump issued an executive order (EO) directing the Department of Health and Human Services “to develop a list of approximately 26 drugs critical to national health and security.” The August 13 EO also calls for the development of a “repository to receive and maintain […] -
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Kennedy Shakes Up CDC Leadership Over Vaccine Safety, Efficacy Proof
Publication -Major changes are underway at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following President Trump’s and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s dismissal of director Susan Monarez and the subsequent resignations of four senior officials in protest over the removal of Monarez. Resigning were the chief medical officer and deputy director […] -
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FDA Halts, Then Resumes Gene Therapy After Three Deaths
Publication -After the deaths of three patients, the maker of an investigational gene therapy stopped shipments of the drug after it refused a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull the drug from the market. Elevidys, made by Sarepta Therapeutics, is the first gene therapy treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The […] -
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Kennedy Cancels $500 million in mRNA Contracts
Publication -The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is canceling $500 million of contracts to develop mRNA vaccines for flu and COVID, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts,” said Kennedy in announcing the decision. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments […] -
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Texas Attorney General Accuses Drug Company of Kickbacks
Publication -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a civil lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, alleging the company illegally induced medical providers to prescribe some of its most profitable drugs, including high-demand GLP-1 weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound. The suit alleges violations of the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. The law sets forth thirteen […] -
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Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary
Publication -Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior and is a hodgepodge of different initiatives such as needle exchanges, providing safer drug paraphernalia, Narcan stockpiling, and decriminalization of drug use in a few […] -
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Alcohol Use Down, Cannabis Use Up
Publication -Self-reported alcohol consumption among American adults is at its lowest in 90 years, a Gallup poll finds. The poll found 54 percent of U.S. adults reported consuming alcohol, the lowest level in Gallup’s nearly 90 years of tracking the trend. The second-lowest rate, 55 percent, was recorded in 1958. The annual Consumption Habits survey, conducted […] -
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HHS Investigates Drug History of Child Killers
Publication -The Health and Human Services is investigating the possible link between drugs and mass shootings, says Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. After the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27, Kennedy told “Fox & Friends” his department is “launching studies” into the contribution of drugs to school shootings. Kennedy was asked […] -
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Report Calls for Gender Industry Accountability
Publication -Describing the accounts of several people who underwent gender medical treatments and later regretted it, a new report makes a case as to why the transgender industry must be stopped and held accountable for the harms and abuses it inflicts on vulnerable individuals. The American Principles Project (APP) published the report in July because “transgenderism […] -
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Congress Aims to ‘Bust Up the PBM Monopoly’
Publication -Congress is considering a bill to protect patients and pharmacies from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), middlemen who administer drug plans and negotiate prices between pharmacies and insurance providers. Eleven members introduced the bipartisan “PMB Reform Act” on July 10. The bill is now in the hands of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. PBMs […] -
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Court Decision Favoring California Telehealth Restrictions Appealed
Publication -A renowned radiation oncologist trying to help a woman in California suffering from a rare bleeding disease is appealing their failed court challenge to the Golden State’s restrictions on telehealth. The plaintiff is Sean McBride, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The patient, Shellye Horowitz, lives in a small California coastal […] -
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U.S. Rejects WHO Health Regulations
Publication -The Trump administration has formally rejected the 2024 International Health Regulations (IHR) amendments put forward by the World Health Organization (WHO). A joint statement issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the State Department on July 18 said the WHO regulations would give the organization to much power over the United […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Montana’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Montana’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Missouri’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Missouri’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Nebraska’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Nebraska’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Mississippi’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Mississippi’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
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Trump to Cut Funding to Hospitals Performing Child Gender Transition
Publication -The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon begin the rulemaking process to defund chemical and surgical alteration of children for gender transition. The Trump administration is in “the final stage of review for a new rule that would make it a condition of hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid that they not […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Minnesota’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Minnesota’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New Hampshire’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New Hampshire's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Michigan’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Michigan's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers -
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Nebraska Town Says CON Laws Are Blocking Nursing Home Care
Publication -The people of Butte, Nebraska say the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws are saving nursing home care in their community. The Butte Senior Living Facility closed in April 2025 when its owner, Accura HealthCare, decided to shut down the facility. The town, with a population of 274, is now trying to find a solution […]
