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White House rushing to finalize Biden-era health policies |
The Biden administration is in a race against the clock to protect the president's health agenda from a potential second Trump White House. |
In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been scrambling to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing. At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allows lawmakers to nullify rules even after the executive branch has completed them. The CRA also bars agencies from pursuing "substantially similar" rules going forward, unless Congress orders it. While he was in office, Trump used the CRA an unprecedented 16 times to kill various Obama-era policies. Administration officials likely have until late May to wrap up key regulations based on CRA rules, though that timeline could change because of quirks in congressional calendar. Rules can be protected if they are finished before the "look-back" window opens in the last 60 legislative days of the 2024 session. But nobody will likely know when that is until after Congress adjourns for the year. Most of the major rules that supporters of the administration were concerned about were published in April, though there are still some yet to be issued. Advocacy groups praised the White House for finalizing regulations they said will protect vulnerable populations. Among the rules health care advocates had been pushing hard for were ones that would expand protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, privacy regulation for people seeking abortions, as well as another to protect LGBTQ patients from discrimination. Both policies were released at the end of April, though they could still be likely targets of a future Trump administration. |
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter, we're Nathaniel Weixel and Joseph Choi — every week we follow the latest moves on how Washington impacts your health. | |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday asked state public health officials to make personal protective equipment (PPE) available to livestock workers to combat the spread of bird flu. The risk of bird flu to the general public still remains low, according to the CDC’s assessment, but workers in close proximity to livestock such as at dairy farms, poultry farms and slaughterhouses remain at a higher … |
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| Congressional Democrats demanded information about the corporate spending by the operators of three of the country’s largest public, for-profit nursing homes, after the companies said they can't afford the Biden administration's new minimum staffing threshold. In letters sent to the companies Sunday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Reps. Lloyd … |
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Certain Planters nuts products have been voluntarily recalled in five states due to listeria concerns, the company announced last week. Hormel Foods announced on Friday it was voluntarily recalling some of Planters honey roasted peanuts and Planters mixed nuts because they "have the potential to be contaminated" with listeria. The company said the affected products came from one of its facilities in April. The company said … |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- A Senate Appropriations subcommittee holds a hearing Wednesday on the Food and Drug Administration's FY 2025 budget request
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A MESSAGE FROM ASTRAZENECA |
Congress: Don't lose the fight against cancer |
The bipartisan ORPHAN Cures Act is needed to protect rare disease and cancer treatments in the development pipeline. With one-in-four cancer deaths in America occurring from a rare cancer, policymakers need to act now. Give Them Hope. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a 'measure of good news' |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report Monday. Still, officials warn that policy changes are needed lest the programs become unable to pay … | |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- A sharp drop in state health coverage for low-income kids (Montana Free Press)
- Steward Health Care seeks bankruptcy protections (WBUR)
- Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse (North Carolina Health News)
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Science & Policy: The Future of Cancer Care Thursday, May 8 at 8 a.m. ET — Top of the Hill, Washington, D.C. |
In person and streaming nationally. Join The Hill's cancer summit where administration officials, lawmakers, patient advocates, doctors and scientists weigh in on how to accelerate critical research and equity with the goal of putting an end to cancer. Speakers include: - Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.)
- Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.)
- John Crowley, President of BIO
- Dr. Crystal Denlinger, CEO of NCCN, and more.
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Could better asthma inhalers help patients, and the planet too? (NPR)
- NYU professors who defended vaping didn't disclose ties to Juul, documents show (Stat)
- A common liver disease with an unfortunate name gets a rebrand (Axios)
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Most read stories on The Hill right now: |
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After a brief period where it looked like Biden had finally found his groove, his numbers are once again dropping while Trump's rise. Read more |
| Former President Trump faced a new threat in his New York criminal trial on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan raised the possibility that he could send Trump … Read more |
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