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House passes Trump agenda bill |
The House passed legislation early Thursday morning to fund President Trump's domestic agenda, which includes steep cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, totaling nearly $800 billion. |
It does this through a combination of provisions including work requirements on "able-bodied adults" through age 64 without dependents, a freeze on provider taxes, more frequent checks of eligibility and reducing federal Medicaid payments to states that provide health care coverage for undocumented immigrants. The effort united the feuding factions of the House GOP behind a massive bill, but it faces headwinds in the Senate. Some senators are pushing for steeper cuts, while others want to protect Medicaid. But even among members who say they oppose Medicaid cuts, work requirements get no objection. A last-minute change made to appease House conservatives would accelerate the start of the work requirements and prohibit future administrations from widening exemptions for certain populations. Instead of Jan 1, 2029, the bill requires states to start imposing work requirements Dec. 31, 2026. States could lose Medicaid funding if they don't comply and continue to cover people who don't prove their eligibility. Lawmakers rushed the amended bill through the chamber before the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) could update its analysis. Under the original version, work requirements would save the federal government $280 billion over six years, about triple what the CBO had estimated an earlier Republican plan would cut. But all those savings come from millions of people losing their Medicaid coverage. In the two states that have tried work requirements previously, red tape due to data and paperwork errors was common. Experts predict giving states less than two years to set up complicated verification systems is inviting disaster and will result in many people getting wrongly kicked off Medicaid. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent “most favored nation” executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to “drop like a rock” in just a matter of weeks, saying the savings will be “incalculable.” In a briefing to discuss the newly released Make America Healthy Again Commission’s report on children’s health, Trump ended the event by talking about the executive order he … |
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The Trump administration issued its long-awaited Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report Thursday, hammering various industries while deviating from mainstream science on key issues including farming practices, vaccinations and psychiatric medications. President Trump appointed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the MAHA Commission, which issued its first report on children's … |
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President Trump said Thursday that autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating the spike in autism and suggesting the administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission could provide answers. "When you hear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it’s 1 in 31 for autism, I think that’s just a terrible thing. It has to be something on the outside, has to be artificially induced, has to … |
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Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators on Monday were combing through the writings of a 25-year-old man believed responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic over the weekend. The FBI identified Guy Edward Bartkus as the suspect in the apparent car bomb detonation Saturday that damaged the American … |
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A MESSAGE FROM THE COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE |
We need Medicaid for a healthy America. |
Tell Congress: Don't Cut Medicaid for America's Children and Families. Medicaid helps keep more than 30 million children across America healthy, covering emergency room visits and so much more. Learn more. |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Washington state medical group sues Trump administration over deleted health, science data from websites (The News Tribune)
- More Texas children are getting vaccinated early against measles (The Texas Tribune)
- After losing her sister, New Hampshire woman helps other moms take care of their mental health (NHPR)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Is there really a chronic disease epidemic? It's complicated (The New York Times)
- FDA chief pushes back on senators' criticism, says COVID booster trials should take 'roughly a year' (Stat)
- A global health expert's message to graduates: kick the tires (NPR)
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House Republicans approved a massive legislative package comprising the major pieces of President Trump’s domestic agenda Thursday, including … Read more |
| The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Trump to fire two Democratic-appointed independent agency leaders, for now, over the dissents … Read more |
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