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Payer
Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties' Resolve
Ramifications from a shutdown on public health systems and health programs will be felt far beyond Washington, D.C., halting almost...
CMO
Trump Claims 'No Downside' to Avoiding Tylenol During Pregnancy. He's Wrong.
Trump's advice has no clear basis in research and contradicts long-standing science and medical guidance.
Innovation
Is Digital Therapeutics Finally Having Its Moment?
CMS is proposing expanding coverage of digital health devices used in some behavioral health treatment programs and asking for comments...
CMO
RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program that Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.
Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program risk driving drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots.
Pharma
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
Beyond staff cuts, the departures of investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous...
Payer
Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize...
Payer
RFK Jr. Struggles to Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
Kennedy's allies say he's become almost inaccessible since his confirmation and has made glacial progress advancing MAHA goals.
Innovation
A Path for AI ROI? Lawmakers Float Bill for Medicare Reimbursement
Two U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a bill that would create a better pathway for Medicare coverage of FDA-approved AI tools...
Pharma
Marty Makary, Often Wrong as Pandemic Critic, Is Poised to Lead the FDA He Railed Against
Critics say he exaggerated the harms of the COVID vaccine and undersold the dangers of the virus.
CEO
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
A cadre of health business leaders and nonmainstream doctors are influencing Trump's focus on health policy.
CEO
Trump's White House Return: Healthcare Safety Net Implications
Trump's victory will give a far broader platform to skeptics and critics of federal health programs and actions.