“On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.” Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.), in a YouTube video posted March 4, 2025 On Feb. 25, Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) voted in favor of a House budget resolution that calls for sharp cuts in…
Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine. But as the dust settled on the layoff melee, a notable exception emerged among the agency’s staff charged with responding to Freedom of Information Act requests….
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said that Medicaid’s rapid spending growth is unsustainable and criticized state financing tactics that let providers and governments “game” the system for extra federal funds. He said CMS is shifting its fraud strategy to follow the flow of money rather than just individual offenders in an effort to ensure health…
This report examines the share of doctors participating in the provider networks of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) offered in the individual market in the federal and state Marketplaces in 2021, and how network breadth affected costs for enrollees.
CEO Mark McKinney explains how app brings state’s prescription monitoring program query tool and a health-related social needs screening tool into EHR
The Nobel Prize committee summarizes their contributions as follows: Some countries become trapped in a situation with extractive institutions and low economic growth. The introduction of inclusive institutions would create long-term benefits for everyone, but extractive institutions provide short-term gains for the people in power. As long as the political system guarantees they will remain…
Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes, or provide easy-to-understand five-star ratings as it does for general hospitals, according to an investigation by KFF Health News and The New York Times. Medical rehab…
Waskyra is the first FDA-approved gene therapy for the rare disease Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and the first such approved product from a non-profit applicant, Fondazione Telethon. Data from Waskyra’s pivotal studies were presented this week during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. The post FDA Flexibility Leads to First Approved Gene Therapy for…
Employers are projecting a median 10% increase in healthcare costs for 2026, driven largely by high claims and specialty drug expenses, according to a recent survey. The post Why Employers Predict a 10% Increase in Healthcare Costs for 2026 appeared first on MedCity News.
ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health care. “I want people to not kill themselves for who they are,” said organizer Myk Mendez, a trans and two-spirit citizen of…