KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public’s Views of Funding Reductions to Medicaid
As Congress works to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes significant changes…
KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public’s Views of Funding Reductions to Medicaid
As Congress works to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll examines the views of groups that could be most directly impacted by the impending legislation. The poll finds most of the public is worried about the consequences of federal…
Asthma Sufferers Could Be at Greater Risk if Trump Cuts Health Program
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him inhh the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a known contributor to asthma and…
More Than Half of the Public Worries Federal Medicaid Budget Cuts Would Affect Their Family’s Ability to Obtain and Afford Care; More Worry It Will Increase the Uninsured
As Congress weighs spending cuts and other changes to Medicaid, more than half (54%) of the public say they are worried significant reductions in federal Medicaid spending would negatively affect their family’s ability to obtain and afford health care, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. This includes about three in 10 (29%) who say…More
Consequences of Tariffs on Pharmaceutical Products
That is the topic of a JMCP Viewpoint by Sean Sullivan, Jens Grueger, Aidan Sullivan, and Scott Ramsey. Some excerpts: The Budget Lab at Yale University projected that a 25% ad valorem tariff would increase medication costs by an “average of around $600 per year per household in the United States.”3 Tariffs can also create supply…
Amazon Pharmacy Brings PillPack to Medicare and Adds Caregiver Feature — Will It Make a Difference?
Amazon Pharmacy recently launched a new caregiver feature and expanded PillPack to Medicare Part D. The company says the updates will support medication adherence. The post Amazon Pharmacy Brings PillPack to Medicare and Adds Caregiver Feature — Will It Make a Difference? appeared first on MedCity News.
J&J’s Growth Strategy in Lung Cancer Borrows From Its Experience in Multiple Myeloma
Johnson & Johnson has projected its lung cancer drug Rybrevant could achieve $5 billion in peak revenue. At the recent ASCO annual meeting, J&J executive Joshua Bauml explained his company’s strategy for this drug in lung cancer and beyond. The post J&J’s Growth Strategy in Lung Cancer Borrows From Its Experience in Multiple Myeloma appeared…
INVEST Pitch Perfect Spotlight: How Pear Suite Makes Sure Community Health Workers Get Paid
Pear Suite recently won the payer/provider technology track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The startup provides a software platform for community health workers that helps them share data, submit claims and maintain compliance. The post INVEST Pitch Perfect Spotlight: How Pear Suite Makes Sure Community Health Workers Get Paid appeared first on MedCity…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Lands in Senate. Our 400th Episode!
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
Debunked Episode 16: Will Trump Administration’s Drug Pricing Policies Lead to the End of PBMs?
UH Group replaces its CEO, the payer’s alleged nursing home practices, the future of pharmacy benefit managers, and the healthcare implications of the budget bill are part of the latest episode of the Debunked Podcast with MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, managing partner of Health Innovation Pitch. The post Debunked Episode 16:…
Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY2026 Budget Request
This brief provides an overview of the FY26 budget request for domestic HIV and compares it to funding levels in the FY25 continuing resolution.
