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Deep DiveThe Trump administration wants to onshore drug manufacturing. Technologists are answering the call.
Looming threats to the pharmaceutical supply chain have brought fresh attention to onshoring. Experts say innovation is happening, but slowly.
By Susanna Vogel • July 9, 2025 -
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Judge temporarily blocks megabill’s Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding ban
The restraining order prevents the Trump administration from enacting a provision of the massive tax and policy law that would cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.
By Emily Olsen • July 8, 2025 -
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Hospitals are navigating persistent labor shortages with the need to cut costs — a source of contention that could leave patients caught in the middle.
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Court orders HHS to restore webpages related to ‘gender ideology’
A federal judge ordered the government to reinstate critical documents as soon as possible, but left the door open for the Trump administration to take a second crack at removing the data.
By Susanna Vogel • July 8, 2025 -
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Medical groups, pregnant doctor sue RFK Jr. over vaccine changes
The complaint argues Kennedy’s actions to remove the COVID vaccine from the CDC's immunization schedule for pregnant people and healthy children were unlawful.
By Delilah Alvarado • Updated July 8, 2025 -
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Historic Medicaid cuts to come as Trump signs domestic policy bill
President Donald Trump passed the GOP's tax megabill into law on Friday, setting into motion $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts despite objections from hospitals, doctors, insurers and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry.
By Emily Olsen • July 4, 2025 -
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Deep Dive340B could have a new cop on the beat. Hospitals are worried.
The HHS wants to move oversight of the controversial drug discount program to the CMS, which has a more aggressive history with 340B than its covered providers would prefer. “It could be truly devastating,” one expert said.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 2, 2025 -
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DOJ charges more than 300 in $14.6B healthcare fraud bust
Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, called the operation “the beginning of a new era of aggressive prosecution and data-driven prevention” of healthcare fraud.
By Susanna Vogel • July 1, 2025 -
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Senate passes Trump’s spending bill with massive Medicaid cuts
After a marathon “vote-a-rama,” the Senate narrowly passed the legislation 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote.
By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • Updated July 2, 2025 -
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CMMI to add prior authorization for some Medicare services
Beginning next year, the CMS will launch an AI-powered prior authorization process for some services as it seeks to cut funding for what it deems medically unnecessary care.
By Susanna Vogel • July 1, 2025 -
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FDA stops Olympus devices from entering the US
The agency said it issued the import alerts because it “continues to have concerns related to outstanding Quality System regulation violations by Olympus.”
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 30, 2025 -
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Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
The judgment comes in a dispute over a South Carolina policy, but is expected to have sweeping implications nationwide.
By Susanna Vogel • June 30, 2025 -
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Supreme Court upholds ACA preventive services mandate
The high court preserved a key portion of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover a range of preventive healthcare services without cost sharing.
By Emily Olsen • June 27, 2025 -
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Congress should reconsider breaking up pharmacy benefit managers, experts say
Many popular proposals to reform the PBM industry are missing the forest for the trees, drug market experts said in Washington, D.C. Instead, Congress should go after the root issue: the oligopoly enjoyed by the Big Three PBMs.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 27, 2025 -
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CVS Caremark to pay $95M in Medicare fraud case
A federal judge ruled in favor of a whistleblower, finding CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager Caremark overbilled Medicare for generic drugs.
By Sydney Halleman • June 26, 2025 -
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CDC panel, newly remade by RFK Jr., questions vaccine evidence
New members of the ACIP panel raised questions about the evidence supporting COVID vaccines, and signaled plans to look at other established shots, like those for measles and hepatitis B.
By Delilah Alvarado • June 25, 2025 -
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Medicaid, SNAP cuts could lead to nearly 500,000 lost healthcare jobs: report
A large portion of the 1.2 million jobs that could be lost nationwide in 2029 would come from the healthcare sector, like roles at hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies and long-term care providers.
By Emily Olsen • June 25, 2025 -
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RFK Jr. details some workers reinstated at HHS
The department reinstated more than 700 workers at the CDC and over 200 employees at the NIH after massive layoffs this spring, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told lawmakers on Tuesday.
By Emily Olsen • June 24, 2025 -
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Cassidy calls for delay to CDC vaccine meeting, challenging RFK Jr.
The GOP senator objected to Secretary Kennedy's recasting of the influential advisory panel, which has sparked criticism from medical groups and Democratic lawmakers.
By Delilah Alvarado • June 24, 2025 -
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Oz hints at impending CMS rule to force drug price transparency
The Trump administration hopes to issue a rule by the end of this year empowering regulators to “very forcefully” go after companies that don’t share information on drug costs, the CMS administrator said Tuesday.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 24, 2025 -
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Medicaid cuts would push struggling rural hospitals ‘over the edge’: report
Cuts to the safety-net program could push hundreds of rural hospitals into further financial distress and impact obstetrics care, according to a report from the Chartis Center for Rural Health.
By Sydney Halleman • June 23, 2025 -
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Health insurers, nudged by Trump administration, pledge reform to prior authorization
Major insurers have agreed to six commitments that should make accessing care easier for patients while removing administrative burden on providers. But, the pledges’ voluntary nature makes compliance an open question.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 23, 2025 -
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CMS slashes ACA sign-up periods, tightens eligibility in final rule
On Friday, the Trump administration finalized a rule that’s expected to cause between 725,000 and 1.8 million people to lose ACA coverage.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 23, 2025 -
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Medicare go-broke date pushed up three years in latest trustees report
The clock is ticking to stabilize Medicare, as a key trust fund underpinning the insurance program’s hospital benefit is now set to be depleted in 2033 instead of 2036.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 20, 2025 -
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ICHRA adoption grows as Congress mulls codifying the coverage into law
Though the vast majority of individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements remain among small employers, large employers are adopting the plans at a faster clip, the HRA Council found.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 18, 2025 -
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the decision left treatment guidance with “the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process.”
By Susanna Vogel • June 18, 2025
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