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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Podcast: Why Are Western Nations Pushing Abortion on Africa?
Western funding for “population programs” in Africa has historically been the lowest of all aid initiatives, dwarfed by much more critical needs like clean water, sanitation, and education. But now, these “population programs”—which include contraceptives and abortion—are the most highly funded on the continent, with groups like the Gates Foundation and Planned Parenthood pushing dangerous…Katrina Trinko -
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Western Nations Abandon Consensus to Push Abortion Agenda at UN
In a severe loss for mothers around the world, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva last month adopted a resolution on maternal mortality that doubles down on the failed policies in place now and ignores that the requisite medical advancements exist to prevent most of the common causes we see today. The resolution…Elyssa Koren -
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How the US Can Block Abortion and ‘Hate Speech’ Activism at the UN
With another session of the United Nations General Assembly underway, the U.S. has a number of opportunities to advance U.S. interests and to protect life and religious liberty, especially as the Third Committee—responsible for social, humanitarian, and cultural affairs—convenes. In promoting U.S. foreign policy at the U.N. and through its many agencies, U.S. policymakers seeking…Grace Melton -
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For the Left, ‘Caring’ About Women Means Support for Unrestricted Legal Abortion
I’ve been writing for years about the depth of the culture war taking place in America. I’ve done so with trepidation, with knowledge that without resolution, culture wars can turn into physical wars. It happened once in America. Can it happen again? The first major violent confrontation between citizens came about as result of the…Star Parker -
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In Troubling Decision, FDA Contracts With Company That May Have Profited From Fetal Tissue Sales
Earlier this week, CNS News reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently signed a one-year, $15,900 contract with Advanced Bioscience Resources to acquire human fetal tissue “for implantation into severely immune-compromised mice to create chimeric animals that have a human immune system.” According to the government’s presolicitation notice, “ABR is the only company…Melanie Israel -
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Podcast: HHS Secretary Azar on How Trump Administration Can Improve Health Care
While the Trump administration remains committed to repealing Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has additional ideas for how to boost health care in the United States. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood, he shares his thoughts. Plus: A new study indicates adults are spending over 11…Katrina Trinko -
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Trump Aims to Increase Value and Decrease Costs of Health Care, HHS Secretary Says
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday that the Trump administration is working to deregulate health care with the goals of reforming the individual insurance market, lowering prescription drug prices, and creating a “value-based” health care system. “Today, fixing American health care requires disrupting government-dictated systems, building new ones that encourage choice and…Rachel del Guidice -
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Trump Administration Takes on Unions Over ‘Skimming’ Medicaid Funds
Sally Coomer of Seattle, who cares for her disabled adult daughter at home, doesn’t like the fact that union dues are deducted from the Medicaid payment she gets for her services under a Washington state policy. “The money that is taken out in union dues, if it was not siphoned off, could be used to…Fred Lucas -
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States Need Congress to Break Obamacare’s Medicaid Gridlock
Recent attention to a court decision against a waiver granted to Kentucky to make work requirements part of its Medicaid program should spur congressional action on Obamacare to give states greater flexibility to help those in need. Under the current Obamacare structure, states that want to help low-income people get care and coverage are pushed…Nina Owcharenko Schaefer -
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The Left’s Sick Celebration of Abortion
I thought we had seen it all from radical feminists—and what we’ve seen is way, way more than anyone other than a gynecologist needs to see. Six years ago, Code Pink zealots traipsed across the fruited plain in giant female reproductive organ costumes demanding “respect” for women’s bodies and women’s abortion rights. They called themselves…Michelle Malkin -
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‘Roe V. Wade’ Film Director Describes How Hard It Was Shooting a Film About Abortion
Filming the new movie “Roe V. Wade” wasn’t easy, co-director Nick Loeb revealed in an interview Tuesday. Nick Loeb, who gained notoriety after fighting with ex-fiancée and “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara over frozen embryos, is co-directing a pro-life film set to hit theaters in January 2019, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filming hasn’t been…Grace Carr -
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All Public Hospitals in Ireland Will Be Forced to Perform Abortion, Despite Objections
Ireland is reeling after its Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that all publicly funded hospitals in Ireland will be forced to provide abortions. “It will not, however, be possible for publicly-funded hospitals, no matter who their patron or owner is, to opt out of providing these necessary services, which will be legal in this state once this…Grace Carr -
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2 Universities Win Lawsuit Against Obama’s Abortion Pill Mandate
Two Christian universities won a lawsuit against the Obama administration's abortion pill mandate after a judge ruled it violated their religious freedom. U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett ruled Tuesday that an Obama-era mandate requiring health care providers, including universities, to provide abortion services violated the religious rights of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids,…Grace Carr -
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The Silent Suffering of Fathers After Abortion
Thirty years ago, at the urging of my then-boyfriend, I had an abortion. He convinced me we weren’t ready to have children, promised we’d get married one day and have children later, said we’d be together forever, and assured me that he loved me. I believed every word. So, on a Saturday morning, I drove…Victoria Robinson -
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Exclusive: 56 Lawmakers Ask HHS Probe of Planned Parenthood’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse
A group of 56 lawmakers led by Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., is urging federal officials to investigate the extent to which Planned Parenthood fails to report suspected sexual abuse of minors. In a letter Thursday to the Department of Health and Human Services, Hartzler and 55 other Republicans ask the agency to probe whether Planned…Rachel del Guidice -
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What Might Have Been: Biographer Reflects on the 50th Anniversary of RFK Assassination
On June 5, 1968, 50 years ago, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died after being shot the night before by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He had just won California’s Democratic presidential primary. Kennedy—whose brother, President John F. Kennedy, had been assassinated less than five years earlier—was a complicated and important figure…Ginny Montalbano -
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Podcast: Ireland’s Abortion Vote
The Heritage Foundation’s Monica Burke joins us to discuss Ireland’s vote Friday on whether to repeal an amendment that banned legalizing abortion. We chat about the myths surrounding the vote, including that women’s health is dependent on legalized abortion. Plus: Starbucks across the nation closed today for racial sensitivity training.Katrina Trinko -
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Thanks to Trump’s New Rule, Fewer Tax Dollars Will Go to Abortion Providers
Earlier this month, the Trump administration proposed new rules to finally bring federal policy back in line with federal law. This should not be controversial in a republic committed to the rule of law. But this new policy touches the question of abortion, which tempts all three branches of our federal government to turn truth,…Sen. Mike Lee -
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HHS Pushes Back Against Narrative That It ‘Lost’ 1,500 Alien Children
The federal agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied alien children is pushing back against accusations that it has lost nearly 1,500 of them, knocking critics that “confuse and spread misinformation” about the issue. Most of the children were not lost, but were temporarily unaccounted for because their sponsors did not respond to inquiries from government…Will Racke -
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I Had an Abortion. Here’s the Message I Want to Share With Other Women.
Thirty years ago, I was a very young, divorced mother of two little girls. My ex-husband, the biological father of my daughters, had abandoned us, leaving me with no support and struggling to make ends meet. It was quite challenging to just put food on the table. I was working 12 to 14 hours a…Victoria Robinson