Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just Got Slashed.

As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump said. “We’re going to hold insurance companies and hospitals totally accountable.” But the president’s wide-ranging push to slash government spending, led by billionaire Elon Musk, is weakening the federal office…

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Scaling Radioligand Therapy: 3 Essential Strategies From Inside The Ecosystem

Success requires orchestrating an end-to-end experience that connects manufacturing, logistics, clinical sites, payers, and patients seamlessly. The companies that treat this orchestration as a strategic competency, rather than just operational logistics, will be best positioned to scale. The post Scaling Radioligand Therapy: 3 Essential Strategies From Inside The Ecosystem appeared first on MedCity News.

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New KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust Finds One in Three Adults Have Used AI Chatbots for Health Advice — The Monitor

KFF’s latest Tracking Poll finds that one-third of the public report using AI chatbots for health information and advice in the past year. And a federal judge suspended, for now, the appointments of thirteen members of ACIP, halting a scheduled meeting and staying recent, widely debated, changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

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Too Many Prescriptions, Too Many Fatal Falls

The phenomenon of taking five or more medicines at the same time has become so common that it now has its own term – polypharmacy – and there is no doubt that it increases the risk of dizziness, confusion, and loss of balance. The post Too Many Prescriptions, Too Many Fatal Falls appeared first on…

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States Target Ultraprocessed Foods in Bipartisan Push

California Republican James Gallagher, the GOP’s former Assembly leader, has often accused the state’s progressive lawmakers of heavy-handed government intrusion, but this year he added his name to a legislative push for healthier school meals. His party followed suit, with all but one Republican voting to send a bill to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that…

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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump

The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically. About 40%…

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