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Can Congress Reconcile Trump’s Wishes With Medicaid’s Needs?
Episode 394
When Congress returns from spring break next week, its first order of business will be writing a budget reconciliation bill that’s expected to cut ta…
11 months, 1 week ago
On Autism, It’s the Secretary’s Word vs. CDC’s
Episode 393
Tensions between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his employees at the Department of Health and Human Services are mounting, as he made a series of claims a…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Dismantling of HHS
Episode 392
A week after the announcement of the reorganization and staff cuts ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the scope of…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
American Health Gets a Pink Slip
Episode 391
The Department of Health and Human Services underwent an unprecedented purge this week, as thousands of employees from the National Institutes of Hea…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
The Ax Falls at HHS
Episode 390
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a proposed reorganization for the department — which, counting those who alre…
1 year ago
Federal Health Work in Flux
Episode 389
It’s the Trump administration vs. the federal courts, as the Department of Government Efficiency continues to try to cancel federal contracts and pro…
1 year ago
The Dr. Oz Show
The Senate Finance Committee got its chance March 14 to question Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the vast Centers for Medicare & …
1 year ago
The Cutting Continues
Episode 388
The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal government continue, with both personnel and programs being cut at the Department of Healt…
1 year ago
The State of Federal Health Agencies Is Uncertain
Episode 387
The Supreme Court opined for the first time that Trump administration officials may be exceeding their authority to reshape the federal government by…
1 year ago
House GOP Plan Targets Medicaid
Episode 386
The House passed a budget plan that likely would result in major cuts to the Medicaid program. But the plan now faces a battle in the Senate, where e…
1 year, 1 month ago