Healthcare Policy

Healthcare

Trump's $90 Medicare Checks Aim to Blunt GOP's Healthcare Liability

President Trump is mailing cash to seniors and ACA enrollees to ease healthcare cost worries ahead of the midterms, but

Oct 7

Healthcare

Appeals court questions legality of blocking Kennedy's vaccine panel picks

The Trump administration argued Tuesday that a lower court overstepped by blocking HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s

Oct 6

Healthcare

Plague Still Surfaces in US: New Mexico Death Highlights Persistent Risk

A New Mexico woman died of plague earlier this year, and Arizona reported a pneumonic plague death in 2024. CDC data sho

Oct 6

Healthcare

Kenya Reports First Imported Ebola Case as Patient Dies in Nairobi

Kenya's health ministry confirmed its first imported Ebola case from Congo; the patient died in Nairobi, prompting conta

Oct 6

Healthcare

Democrats widen trust edge over GOP on health costs, KFF poll finds

Democrats have expanded their advantage over Republicans on health care costs to 20 points, as voters rank affordability

Oct 6

Healthcare

Trump finalizes new rules to simplify hospital price data for patients

The Trump administration finalized new amendments to hospital price transparency rules, requiring standardized, smaller

Oct 5

Healthcare

Trump Administration Sends $90 Medicare Rebates to 20.8 Million Seniors

The Trump administration is sending $90 rebates to 20.8 million Medicare Part B enrollees, funded by the Medicare Improv

Oct 5

Breaking

US and Russia Track Possible Pneumonic Plague After Lab Worker Death

A Russian lab worker's death from unknown pneumonia has triggered monitoring by US and Russian officials for a possible

Oct 5

Healthcare

Nobel Medicine Prize Honors Pioneers of Brain Light-Switch Research

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Medicine Prize for pioneering optogenetics, a method that

Oct 5

Healthcare

Florida dengue outbreak reaches 252 cases, largest in decades

Florida's dengue outbreak has reached 252 cases this year, the largest in the continental US in decades, prompting a sta

Oct 3

Healthcare

Pennsylvania measles outbreak nears 1,000 cases, deaths dispute escalates

Pennsylvania reports 977 measles cases, nearing 1,000, as a dispute over the death toll with federal health officials in

Oct 3

Healthcare

Trump Administration to Issue $90 Medicare Rebates to 20 Million Seniors

President Trump announced a one-time $90 payment to over 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees, funded by the Medicare Im

Oct 3