Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year. Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn’t pass a law to preserve lower premiums on Affordable Care Act marketplace…
Horas después del cierre del gobierno federal, Julio Fuentes se encontraba a pocos pasos del Capitolio de Estados Unidos para transmitir un mensaje urgente sobre el bloque de votantes hispanos que ayudó al Partido Republicano a llegar al poder el año pasado. Esos votos, advirtió, están en riesgo si el Congreso no aprueba una ley…
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The program, known as VICP, provides a system for families to file claims against vaccine providers in cases in which they experience severe side effects….
“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.” Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the closure because…
Impact of the government shutdown on health services.Why do patients with sickle cell disease disproportionately leave hospitals against medical advice?New estimates of upcoding.TrumpRx.“FDA will not be able to accept applications for new drugs, generics, biologics, biosimilars or medical devices that require payment of a user fee while the shutdown is in effect”
A clash over the Affordable Care Act that has led to a shutdown of the federal government has ramifications for public health as agencies cease some services. The Trump administration vows mass layoffs during the impasse. The shutdown centered largely on a disagreement over the Obama-era health law. Democrats want a further extension of enhanced…
About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their revenue. Some of these community health centers may have to cut medical and administrative staff or reduce services. Some could eventually close. The result, their advocates warn,…
Más de 1.500 centros de salud financiados con fondos federales —que ofrecen servicios a millones de personas de bajos ingresos— enfrentan desafíos financieros significativos, según sus líderes, ya que el cierre parcial del gobierno se suma a otros recortes en sus ingresos. Algunos de estos centros de salud comunitarios podrían verse obligados a reducir personal…
At a memorial service in 2022, veteran Air Force Capt. Monte Watts bumped into a fellow former Minuteman III nuclear missile operator, who told him that she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Watts knew other missileers with similar cancers. But the connection really hit home later that same January day, when the results of a blood test…
Fawad Butt and Missy Krasner started a new AI company which is building a big platform for both plans and providers in health care. PenguinAI has a cute name, but is serious about trying to provide an underlying platform that is going enable agents across the enterprise. They are health care only, as opposed to…