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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Influence of MAHA, Pro-Life Movement Evident in Trump’s IVF Move
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a new plan to lower the costs of in vitro fertilization to create “healthier pregnancies, healthier babies, and many more beautiful American children.” “Today, this announcement, we are realigning the industry towards the simple metric of more healthy babies at lower costs,” said Dr. Heidi Overton, deputy assistant to… -
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We’re Heading Into the Organ-Harvesting Stage of Assisted Suicide
The assisted suicide policy has always rested on a slippery slope. Western societies are now fully in the organ harvesting stage on the road to the bottom of this hill. In September, the National Post reported that a 59-year-old Pittsburgh man with congestive heart failure received a working heart from a 38-year-old who had Lou… -
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How Trump’s FTC Can Keep Drug Prices Down for Working Americans
How do leading retailers like Amazon and Walmart deliver low prices to their customers? The companies buy so much from their suppliers that they can demand discounts. That dynamic applies in the health care industry as well, as companies called pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down. But it’s up… -
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Most Republicans Aren’t Keen on Extending Obamacare Subsidies
For weeks now, Democrats have been demanding that Republicans negotiate an extension of expiring COVID-19-era premium health care tax credits in exchange for their votes to reopen the federal government. But most Republicans, many of whom would like to see further reforms to Obamacare, do not appear keen on extending the COVID-19-era policy. Prominent Senate… -
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EXCLUSIVE: White House Memo Exposes Democrats’ History of Pushing Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House is exposing Democrats’ efforts to give illegal immigrants access to health care under the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Signal. “This memo discusses specific actions taken by the Biden administration to provide Obamacare and Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants,” the document says. President… -
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How Turning Point USA Contributors Like Alex Clark Are Carrying on Charlie Kirk’s Legacy
“I’m not the Woman of the Year because I had a perfect year. I’m standing here because I refuse to let pain silence my purpose.” On Thursday evening, Alex Clark—a top conservative podcast host and prominent contributor for Turning Point USA—was honored by the Network of Enlightened Women as its Empowered Woman of the Year…. -
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Americans Want COVID-19-Era Policies to Sunset, Poll Finds
A week into the federal government shutdown, Senate Democrats are demanding the extension of expiring enhanced health care premium tax credits, claiming the credits, enhanced by Democrats during President Joe Biden’s administration, are resoundingly popular among the American people. “Even a majority of Trump supporters by nearly 60% support an extension,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck… -
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How ABC News Manufactures a Medicaid Cut Crisis
The federal government is shut down, at least in part, because Democrats are attempting to reverse Medicaid spending cuts that were enacted earlier this year as part of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” Democrats are refusing to support a continuing resolution that would keep funding the government unless it restores those cuts. ABC News is determined to help the Democrats make their case for reversing Medicaid cuts, even at the… -
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Obamacare Is a Massive Failure. The GOP Shouldn’t Bail It Out.
Since Democrats have shut down the federal government because they want another $1.5 trillion bailout of Obamacare, it’s a good time to remind everyone that the law has been a wide-ranging and expensive fiasco. Virtually every promise made by Democrats regarding the Affordable Care Act has failed to come true. Sure, former President Barack Obama… -
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‘SHOCKING’: FDA Approves New Abortion Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new abortion drug. The drug, which is a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, was quietly rubber-stamped by the agency in a letter Tuesday, with reports only surfacing of its approval on Thursday. The drug’s approval took many by surprise, as it followed Health and… -
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Democrats Take Heat Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens
As the government appears to be barreling toward a shutdown, which will begin at midnight, Democrats are facing criticism over their alleged support for health care subsidies to noncitizens residing in the United States. The Democrat continuing resolution bill would revoke Subtitle B in Title VII of the One Big Beautiful Act, effectively restoring accessibility… -
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Trump Orders Administration to ‘Leverage AI’ to Cure Childhood Cancer
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing a $50 million investment in using artificial intelligence to cure childhood cancer. “President Trump’s foresight in his first term to establish the Childhood Cancer Data Initiative to gather, harness, and share data on childhood cancers has positioned us today to leverage AI to revolutionize pediatric cancer… -
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9 Violent Attacks on Churches in 2025
The horrific shooting and arson at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, on Sunday marks one in a horrifying list of attacks on churches in 2025. The violence, coming shortly after a church shooting in Minneapolis and the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, exposes a… -
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5 Things to Know About Expiring Health Care Subsidies
Congressional Democrats are holding the government hostage, refusing to keep it open unless Republicans extend expiring Biden-era health care subsidies. They’re painting those subsidies as essential to American health care—but their demands are unreasonable and out of step with reality. Here are five things you should know about the expiring subsidies. 1) The Subsidies Are… -
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Tylenol Derangement Syndrome
After President Donald Trump announced that the Department of Health and Human Services was recommending women abstain from taking Tylenol during pregnancy, some pregnant women with “Trump Derangement Syndrome” began taking the drug in videos they shared on social media. “There is mounting evidence finding a connection between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—and that’s… -
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EXCLUSIVE: HHS Official Responds to Women Popping Tylenol to Spite Trump
As videos circulate of pregnant women popping Tylenol tablets to spite Donald Trump, the head of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health warned that every moment of pregnancy is critical for the baby’s development. Trump warned women Monday not to take Tylenol or its generic, acetaminophen, during pregnancy. He said… -
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A Call for Common Sense in Health Care
President Donald Trump’s announcement on Tylenol signals a return to restraint—something sorely missing in American health care. On Monday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce a link between women’s use of Tylenol during pregnancy and autism. Given strong recommendations against counterparts like Advil and aspirin, Tylenol has been the analgesic of choice… -
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Repeal, Don’t Extend Biden-Era Health Subsidies
With some Obamacare subsidies set to expire, Congress faces a choice: extend them—and continue masking the program’s underlying problems—or focus on actually fixing what’s wrong with the program. Obamacare started off by creating a new subsidy scheme for individuals who purchased health coverage through government-run exchanges. That scheme? A premium tax credit subsidy to… -
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Trump Wants Babies’ Vaccines ‘Given Separately,’ Rather Than Combined
President Donald Trump says he thinks separating the combination vaccines that babies receive would prevent autism, he said in response to a question from The Daily Signal. The Daily Signal asked Trump whether he supports spacing out all the combination vaccines babies receive to prevent autism. “I would say ‘yes,’” he said. “It’s a lot… -
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The Unhealthy Concentration of Federal Health Research Funding
The Trump administration has focused critical attention on the National Institutes of Health, and for good reason. Despite the importance of its mission, the NIH has been hijacked to advance political agendas. NIH research grants are heavily concentrated in a small number of congressional districts represented by progressives. In 2024, over half of NIH research…