STAT+: New NIH head says government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials
WASHINGTON — The new National Institutes of Health director, Monica Bertagnolli, said it’s a “failure”…
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What health policies could hitch a ride on a spending bill?
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STAT+: Medicare’s new pay boost for primary care is angering specialists
WASHINGTON — Doctors are staring down a cut to their Medicare pay next year, and…
Medicare eligibility is tripping up the GOP presidential candidates
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To fight bias against people with addiction, White House calls for ‘recovery-friendly’ workplaces
The Biden administration on Thursday issued a call to action for the nation’s employers to…
STAT+: HHS secretaries Becerra, Azar face off on lowering drug prices
WASHINGTON — Two very different health secretaries took the stage Monday to defend their presidents’…
STAT+: Medicare proceeds with plan to claw back hospital funds after Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON — Medicare officials are moving forward with a plan to claw back money from certain…
STAT+: HHS leader on health and climate change talks health sector emissions and heat emergencies
Renee Salas, an emergency medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, blames climate change for the…
STAT+: Actually, hospital price transparency does save money, advocate highlights
BOSTON — For all those who think hospital price transparency will not save money, Cynthia…
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STAT+: NIH confirmation hearing highlights just how divisive the agency’s portfolio has become
Monica Bertagnolli, President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, spent her confirmation…
STAT+: When Medicare paid doctors differently, fewer patients had heart problems
WASHINGTON — Doctors lowered the incidence of heart disease and strokes among their patients when…
STAT+: White House moves closer to a ban on menthol cigarettes, amid intensifying opposition from tobacco companies
WASHINGTON — The White House is about to feel what it’s like to go up…
STAT+: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines…
Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health care, even on abortion
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The future of health care in the House
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STAT+: 3 questions for the future of Biden’s cancer moonshot
WASHINGTON — The latest phase of President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative leaves open a few…
STAT+: Key Senate panel eyes action on drug shortages
WASHINGTON — One of the top health care committees in the Senate is assembling ideas…
Opinion: The case against age limits for politicians
A recent poll from YouGov/CBS News showed that 77% of respondents said that there should…
STAT+: Congress extends some pandemic preparedness programs, but not all
WASHINGTON — Congress temporarily extended a few pandemic-preparedness programs when it forestalled a government shutdown…
Did you have Obamacare on your GOP debate bingo card?
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Did the government get a bad deal on the Covid-19 boosters?
WASHINGTON — After Pfizer and Moderna hiked the prices of their Covid-19 vaccines this year,…
STAT+: 6 ways the government could help address drug shortages, including in cancer
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats alike want to stop drug shortages from happening. The vexing…
Republicans aren’t quite done talking about Obamacare, after all
WASHINGTON — In a far-ranging debate that touched on everything from border control issues to…
STAT+: With Menendez indictment, pharmaceutical industry could lose a key ally
WASHINGTON — With mounting calls for embattled Sen. Bob Menendez to resign, the pharmaceutical industry…
As Biden plans to ban medical debt from credit scores, advocates press for more change
The dramatic impact of medical debt on credit scores may soon be a thing of…
Senate HELP on collision course
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STAT+: Hearing on Medicare drug price negotiation gets unusually heated
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats fought it out over Medicare drug price negotiation Wednesday at…
Rep. Adam Smith weighs in on the country’s mental health crisis with his own story
WASHINGTON — Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) knew when he hit rock bottom. “I woke up…
STAT+: What to make of Biden’s latest cancer moonshot efforts
WASHINGTON — The next chapter of President Biden’s moonshot to end cancer has landed. While…
STAT+: White House touts efforts to stem cancer drug shortages
WASHINGTON — The White House says it’s working to end shortages of three key generic…
STAT+: Astellas withdraws lawsuit after evading Medicare drug price negotiations
WASHINGTON — Astellas was so sure that one of its drugs was going to be…
STAT+: Humana sues Biden administration over Medicare Advantage audit rule
Humana sued the federal government Friday, arguing that this year’s new rule to claw back…
Opinion: Why isn’t there any enforcement of the ACA mandate to support breastfeeding?
Eleven years ago, the Affordable Care Act codified a critical aspect of postpartum care: breastfeeding…
STAT+: Winners and losers from Medicare’s list of drugs subject to price negotiation
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its long-awaited list…
Here are the 10 drugs that will be up first for Medicare price negotiation
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Tuesday announced the first 10 drugs selected for a new drug…
STAT+: Drug makers already bet big on mRNA for cancer. Why is Biden going in, too?
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s fledgling health agency, designed to accelerate under-funded research, just set its…
Vivek Ramaswamy’s brashness made waves in the Republican debate. He did the same in biotech
The youngest candidate on Wednesday night’s debate stage didn’t make any friends among his fellow…
Republican presidential candidates spar over abortion bans
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates sparred Wednesday over a question that has haunted the party…
STAT+: Ron DeSantis wants to import drugs from Canada. Biden’s FDA just blasted his plan
WASHINGTON — Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has ballyhooed a high-profile plan to…
Republicans love RFK Jr. What does that tell us about their health platforms in 2024?
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates are polishing off their best barbs and attack lines for…
STAT+: White House drug shortage task force held rare in-person meeting with industry
WASHINGTON — A new White House task force on drug shortages held a rare in-person…
STAT+: Uninsured rate hits ‘record low’ — right before millions start losing Medicaid coverage
Roughly 7.7% of Americans didn’t have any health insurance as of this past March —…
Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role at NIH
WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes…
National panel will explore requiring free Covid tests
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will discuss recommending Covid-19 screening, the first…
STAT+: House GOP offers new plan to stem drug shortages, including cancer drug shortages
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have drafted drug-shortage legislation that differs significantly from the approach Democrats…
STAT+: Democrats already want to expand Medicare’s drug price negotiation
WASHINGTON — It’s drug pricing déjà vu: Just as they did in 2019, House Democrats…
STAT+: Congress’s PBM reforms won’t end America’s drug pricing woes. Here’s what they would do
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress generally agree that there’s something very broken with the way America…
White House unveils plan to make insurers cover mental health care
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a proposal meant to force health insurers to cover…
STAT+: Key House panel proposes lowering out-of-pocket drug costs in Medicare
WASHINGTON — A key House committee announced their own plans to increase health care transparency…
STAT+: Lobbying spending dropped for companies that departed PhRMA
WASHINGTON — The three companies that recently left PhRMA all spent less on lobbying following…