Healthcare & Policy News
Reporting on health care policy, insurance coverage, and federal health programs. Includes news updates and conservative commentary from The Daily Signal.
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Do Vaccines Cause Autism? CDC Moves From Denial to Doubt
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its information on the potential link between autism and vaccines, no longer ruling out the possibility of causation. “We (the Department of Health and Human Services) are updating the CDC’s website to reflect gold standard, evidence-based science,” HHS press secretary Emily Hilliard told The Daily Signal. On Wednesday, the… -
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Don’t Expand Obamacare, Make Health Care Affordable Again
With the government shutdown over, it’s time to get back to work on fixing America’s health care. Even Obamacare supporters now admit their health plan has failed. Despite promises of decreasing premiums, the sad truth has come to light. Over 10 years in, Obamacare has become part of the problem, not the solution. Premiums keep… -
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New HHS Report on Transgender ‘Care’ for Minors Reveals Why Activists Try to ‘Silence Critics,’ Contributor Says
Advocates of transgender medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” often seek to silence critics, rather than engaging in a debate on the science—and one of the authors of the Department of Health and Human Services’ report on the issue says he thinks he knows why. HHS published a review of the evidence regarding… -
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Sen. Cassidy Backs Trump’s Health Care Funding Plan
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and doctor, likes President Donald Trump’s proposal to allocate Affordable Care Act funds directly to Americans instead of insurance companies. Trump proposed Wednesday that billions of dollars in Affordable Care Act subsidy money be paid directly to Americans, rather than insurance companies, so the people can “buy their own healthcare” which… -
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MAHA Movement Challenges Public Health Orthodoxy, Takes ‘Bulldozer to Overton Windows,’ Vance Says
Public health in America can only advance if there’s a willingness to challenge orthodoxy, Vice President JD Vance said at a “Make America Healthy Again” event Wednesday. “There is no way that this country is going to advance unless we’re comfortable with people who are willing to challenge orthodoxy,” Vance said. “And that’s what I… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: Who’s Paying for the Emergency Room Health Care of Illegal Immigrants, Sen. Warren?
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor David Hanson and Jack Fowler call out Sen. Elizabeth Warren for insisting illegal immigrants aren’t getting federal health insurance. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Victor Davis Hanson: The other thing is, when you have 12 million people coming in illegally [as discovered] in the Yale study of 2019—I want… -
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Thune Rejects Democrats’ Latest Obamacare Demand as Senate Considers New Budget Resolution
As the Senate convened for a rare session on Sunday to possibly vote in favor of a potential “short term funding measure,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune shut down a Nov. 8 proposal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that would have provided new subsidies for Obamacare. “The Democrat leader’s proposal is a non-starter for… -
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Transgender Activists Use Far-Left Smear Factory to Cancel Doctor Education Courses That Raise Doubts About ‘Gender-Affirming Care’
Doctors must take continuing medical education courses to maintain their licenses, and transgender activists took objection to one of these courses, leading a nationwide institution to effectively cancel it. Washington State University had spent nearly a year reviewing—and then approving—a course explaining the side effects of experimental transgender medical interventions on children and Europe’s growing… -
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Conservatives Gearing Up to Stop Taxpayers From ‘Subsidizing the Killing of American Children’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The pro-life movement has determined its newest priority: preventing Planned Parenthood from receiving full funding again, starting July 4. “Next year, our nation will mark its 250th anniversary. A celebration of human dignity and the God-given rights proclaimed in our founding,” Live Action founder and president Lila Rose told The Daily… -
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Strip Clubs, Sex Changes, Rental Aid: What One Lawmaker Found in Medicaid Spending Shocked Him
Oregon state Rep. Dwayne Yunker began asking questions when he discovered the state was using tax dollars to bring developmentally disabled clients to a strip club this past summer. Yunker—a Republican lawmaker in a very blue state with a Democrat super majority in the legislature—has exposed this and other controversial Medicaid spending in the state… -
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It’s World Fertility Day: Should We Celebrate Fertility or Punish It?
Nov. 2, 2025, is World Fertility Day. The Earth is now home to over 8 billion people. The global population is projected to continue rising for the next few decades, and then a population decline—perhaps a precipitous one—is expected to begin. This decline is coming because, on average, women are having fewer babies. The decades-long drop in fertility… -
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Obamacare’s Chronic Conditions: Shutting Down Government and Propping Up Policy Failure
We have been witnessing lunacy. Senate Democrats repeatedly voted against a short-term, “clean” resolution to reopen the federal government because they insist, amidst massive deficits and dangerous debt, on adding another $1.5 trillion in total federal spending. Among other items on their wish list, such as Medicaid eligibility for illegal aliens—House and Senate Democrats want to make the expansion… -
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Big Pharma Resistance to Trump’s Push for Most Favored Nation Status Is Starting to Crack
For years, Big Pharma stood together, warning that President Donald Trump’s “Most-Favored-Nation” executive order would stifle innovation and that the policy is “irresponsible and unworkable.” Trump’s Most-Favored-Nation policy is simple: If Americans are paying more for the same medicine than patients overseas, drug companies must lower their prices here to match the lowest price abroad…. -
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4 Broken Obamacare Promises
A new round of Obamacare enrollment begins on Nov. 1 against the backdrop of an ongoing partial government shutdown that revolves around a debate over Democrats’ demands to expand the controversial 2010 law. Then-President Barack Obama and other Democrats made numerous promises about the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. The following are four… -
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What’s the Holdup on Russia Sanctions?
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill to place sanctions on Russia seems like it would have no difficulty at all passing the Senate—but it has languished for months without action. The inaction is not due to a lack of support, since Graham’s Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 has 84 co-sponsors in the Senate, making… -
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Why Did President Trump Get an mRNA COVID-19 Shot?
On Oct. 10, President Donald Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, announced that after conducting a battery of tests, he found that the president “remains in exceptional health” and that he had received “immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID 19 booster vaccinations.” It’s likely the president received one of the mRNA shots from Pfizer…. -
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What’s at Stake in This Health Care Fight?
Throughout the government shutdown, Democrats have justified their refusal to vote for a short-term funding extension by speaking of an impending health care crisis brought on by the looming expiration of boosted COVID-19-era premium tax credits. It’s a peculiar policy fight, given the fact that Democrats passed two budget reconciliation bills—with zero Republican votes—under President… -
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Russian Drone Strikes Kindergarten in Ukraine
A Russian drone struck a kindergarten in Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring others, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Firefighters worked rapidly to put out the blaze caused by the explosion and evacuate about 50 children from the scene in the northeast Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “Absolutely… -
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Forget IVF. Here’s a More Ethical Way to Treat Fertility.
There’s no doubt we have a fertility crisis. Currently, about 16% of married women in the U.S. struggle to get pregnant or avoid miscarriages, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Worldwide, about one in six people face infertility, according to the World Health Organization. “In the Trump administration, we want to make… -
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Trump Pledges to Make ‘Ninth’ Deal and End Russia-Ukraine War
President Donald Trump says he is confident a deal can be reached to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. “I think that he wants to make a deal,” Trump said of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I made eight of them. I’m going to make a ninth,” the president added. “But I love…