What's next for electronic health data
Wed Jun 17 10:00 am
In an interview with POLITICO, HHS Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy Thomas Keane said the agency has been more strictly enforcing data sharing rules as part of the Health and Human Services Department’s goal of making care more accessible and affordable.
Iowa House challenger says Kennedy intervened
Tue Jun 16 10:00 am
A Libertarian challenger in a top Iowa House battleground claims Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. privately pressured him to drop out of the race.
Can RFK Jr. win back the trust of HHS staffers?
Mon Jun 15 10:00 am
Officials leading the Department of Health and Human Services have taken a gentler approach toward the thousands of career staffers that they oversee in 2026. The staffers, however, aren’t ready to forgive and forget.
What ever happened to Trump's plan to end HIV?
Fri Jun 12 10:00 am
The leader of two major federal health agencies is “filled with hope” that the U.S. can still meet the pledge President Donald Trump made in 2019 to end HIV by 2030.
Doc group turns further away from RFK Jr.
Thu Jun 11 10:00 am
After months of restraint, the nation’s largest doctors’ group is poised to stop treating Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with kid gloves.
Ultra-processed food fight heats up
Wed Jun 10 10:00 am
Maine’s pandemic leader eyes its governor’s office
Tue Jun 09 10:00 am
Nirav Shah, the former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention during the pandemic, is running for governor of Maine.
States' Medicaid work-rule scramble
Mon Jun 08 10:00 am
Doctors, patient groups and state officials were caught by surprise when the Trump administration released guidance with strict rules for which low-income residents can be exempted from Medicaid work requirements.
HHS funding fight kicks off
Fri Jun 05 10:00 am
House lawmakers are scheduled to mark up a bill this morning that proposes a 4 percent reduction in funding for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Some HHS employees just got easier to fire
Thu Jun 04 10:00 am
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that will make it easier to fire many federal employees — including workers within the federal health department.
New evidence for GOP fraud-busters
Wed Jun 03 10:00 am
An influential right-leaning think tank is backing up arguments from congressional Republicans and the Trump administration that fraud runs rampant on the Obamacare exchanges.
Oz outlines Medicaid’s ‘path to prosperity’
Tue Jun 02 10:00 am
The Trump administration is giving states some leeway as they work to determine which Medicaid enrollees will be exempt from Medicaid work requirements that will take effect by next year.