Politics

Here’s a summary about health care regulations and changes coming in the nation’s newest spending plan supported by congressional Republicans.

Actions this week affect federal health care leader HHS staff and data.

Bill goes back to House and vote is expected soon as health care organizations predict dire consequences for health care.

Pediatricians offer anecdotal evidence in ACIP deliberations as vaccine skepticism grows under RFK Jr.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for free screenings, procedures, could have been affected by legal challenge.

Vaccines become center of the medical world as ACIP meets to advise CDC.

RFK-appointed panel approves vaccines for babies, youths and adults in its first official meeting.

Vaccine supporters say science is on their side, but others want more research and better guidance on getting inoculated against illness.

If we want to remain the global leader in innovation, we need to keep a strong pricing system at home and use trade deals to push our allies to pay their fair share for the medical advances they rely on.

New panel of vaccine reviewers convene first meeting to deliberate on shots against COVID-19, RSV, flu and more.

Primary care will be part of campaign to Make America Healthy Again, Health and Human Services leader says.

Pledge to streamline the process comes amid growing public and government pressure, but the previous industry promises in 2018 accomplished little.

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announces changes to cut down on improper enrollments.

AMGA survey finds member organizations anticipate major changes if Congress, President Trump slash Medicaid.

Senate Finance Committee publishes language that prompts new round of analysis, warnings for physicians, rural hospitals.

Funding cuts to the CDC threaten vital research and patient care for millions with autoimmune diseases, risking future treatments and public health.

All 17 former ACIP members join in assessment in new JAMA editorial.

Despite advocates and state actions, hard evidence is scant and there is no national consensus that cannabis is a medical treatment, scholars say.

The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 would add 14,000 Medicare-support training slots over seven years and codify rural residency support.

Vaccine panel gets eight new members with no vetting, questionable backgrounds, according to doctors and mothers.

Earlier this week, 17 sitting members were dismissed.

National Institutes of Health director Bhattacharya faces questions about policies and spending.

Administration should 'immediately reverse course' on Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which will be reconstituted for meeting this month.

"Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda," Kennedy said.

White House touts economic growth evidenced by latest Department of Labor report.

A discussion with Duke University's Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., about why value-based care hasn’t been adopted more quickly

Make America Healthy Again Report sparks responses across health care, food industry.

Speculation mounts on potential changes and timing for federal spending plan already approved in House of Representatives.

MedPAC is a key adviser to Congress on Medicare pay for physicians.

Key inflation gauge increased 0.1% for the month, putting the annual rate at 2.1%