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Countdown to Government Shutdown
Episode 413
With less than three weeks to go before the deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government running, lawmakers are still far apart on a s…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC
Episode 412
A combative Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, appeared before a Senate committee Thursday, defending his firing …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid!
Episode 411
This summer marks the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, the twin government programs that have shaped the health care system into what it is…
7 months, 1 week ago
Trump Further Politicizes Science
Episode 410
President Donald Trump’s latest executive order about science and medicine seeks to take funding decisions out of the hands of career scientists and …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Kennedy Cancels Vaccine Funding
Episode 409
The Health and Human Services secretary is winding down nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding, citing false claims that the technology is inef…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Next on Kennedy’s List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
Episode 408
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, is eyeing an overhaul of two more key entities as part of his ongoing effort to re…
8 months ago
Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes
Episode 407
Medicaid may have monopolized Washington’s attention lately, but big changes are coming to the Affordable Care Act as well.
Meanwhile, Americans are l…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Senate Saves PEPFAR Funding — For Now
Episode 406
The Senate narrowly approved the Trump administration’s request to claw back about $9 billion for humanitarian foreign aid projects and the Corporati…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Digesting Trump’s Big Budget Law
Episode 405
President Donald Trump’s big budget bill became his big budget law on July 4, codifying about $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program. But the la…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s Bill Reaches the Finish Line
Episode 404
The House on Thursday moved to approve the largest-ever cuts to federal safety net programs, the last step before the measure goes to President Donal…
8 months, 4 weeks ago