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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Grading the Second Trump Presidency, 6 Months In
Over the course of four years’ banishment to America’s political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin’s bullets and the humiliating and unprecedented spectacle of criminal prosecution by his political opponents, Donald Trump seems to have intuited a key life lesson: Time is of the essence. Carpe diem, seize the day. And so it… -
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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Codify Trump’s Health Care Pricing Transparency Directive
With the new Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing to effectively codify President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring price transparency from health care providers. The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo. Republicans Sens. Tim Sheehy of Montana, Chuck Grassley, and Joni Ernst of… -
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‘RETALIATION’: Whistleblower Who Exposed Transgender ‘Medicine’ Targeted by FBI, Lost Her Job
Vanessa Sivadge lost her job at a Texas hospital and faced questioning from the FBI after speaking out about experimental transgender “treatments” on children. She told “The Daily Signal Podcast” how her faith motivated her to speak out and why she feared no one else shared her concerns, despite the fact that so-called “gender-affirming care”… -
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RFK’s New Vaccine Team: A Non-Hysterical Assessment
James Carville, the Democrats’ colorful campaigner and newly minted immunologist, recently declared: “Bobby Kennedy is going to kill more people than any Cabinet secretary, maybe in history, with his idiotic vaccine policy.” His damning evidence? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy’s firing of all 17 Biden administration appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization… -
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FTC to Investigate Trans Industry’s Threats of Child Suicide
The federal government’s foremost consumer protection agency has an “unequivocal basis” to start investigating the transgender medicine industry after a workshop highlighting stakeholders’ horror stories, Mark Meador of the Federal Trade Commission told The Daily Signal. The FTC hosted a daylong workshop on Wednesday called “The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors” to hear from parents and… -
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Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Deception, Fraud in Transgender Industry
Doctors who pitched irreversible surgeries and sterilizing hormone regimens to minors struggling with gender dysphoria may have illegally deceived patients and their parents, according to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson. The statute that created the Federal Trade Commission authorizes it to prevent “unfair or deceptive” practices affecting consumers. The FTC hosted a daylong workshop… -
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Vance: Here’s How Mamdani Won the New York Mayoral Primary
Vice President JD Vance is criticizing New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of building a coalition of what Vance called “downwardly mobile, college-educated people,” and carved-out ethnic blocs by pandering to shared hatreds. “This is a guy who won high-income and college-educated New Yorkers, and especially both young [and] highly educated… -
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Republicans Lose Another Strong Contender to Help Keep House Majority
Congressional Republicans have lost a strong contender to help them retain their majority in the House of Representatives with the announcement of the retirement of Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. According to the House Press Gallery, Republicans currently hold a 220-to-212 majority in the House. There are currently three vacancies in the chamber due to three… -
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Big Pharma Lobbying Group Takes Surprising Stand on MAHA Agenda After Memo Leak
A Big Pharma lobbying group has stated that it is “aligned” with President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to “Make America Healthy Again” after a leaked document suggested the group schemed to oust Kennedy and separate him from Trump’s Make America Great Again movement. “It’s time to go to the Hill and… -
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The Keys to Trump’s Middle East Triumph
If you blinked, you just missed World War III. President Donald Trump on June 23 announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. That came two days after Trump sent B-2 stealth bombers to drop bunker-buster bombs on the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant. Only the United States had the capability to obliterate the deeply buried site…. -
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Senate Fiscal Hawks Seek Partial Obamacare Repeal in One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Senate fiscal hawks are seeking a major concession in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a partial repeal of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The fiscal conservatives managed to introduce the amendment after withholding their vote on a motion to proceed with the massive 10-year budget framework. Now, almost a decade removed from the day… -
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Achieving Sea Superiority Through AUKUS
Whoever rules the waves rules the world. This argument, made famous by American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, rings just as true today as it did over a century ago. But today, the contest for maritime dominance is no longer just about destroyers and battleships—it’s about data, autonomy, and dominance beneath the surface. In the… -
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Republican State Legislators Defying Trump’s Efforts to Lower Health Care Costs
President Donald Trump was swept into office last November with a promise to lower prices for Americans who had suffered under 40-year-high inflation under President Joe Biden. Why, then, are red states defying the president’s efforts to lower prices by passing laws that only feed growing health care costs? Trump is delivering on his campaign… -
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No Known ‘Causal Link’ Between Vaccines and Autism, CDC Nominee Tells Senate Panel
“I have not seen a causal link between vaccines and autism,” Susan Monarez said at her Senate committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her answer came in response to a question from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and… -
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Cancer, Blood Clots, Death: Study Exposes Health Risks for Males Who Take Estrogen to ‘Affirm’ Transgender Identity
Biological males who identify as transgender and take estrogen in order to appear female face myriad health risks, from infertility to diabetes, to testicular and breast cancer, and ultimately to early death, according to a new study. The study, published in the academic journal Discover Mental Health earlier this month, highlights adverse reactions to estrogen,… -
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Medicare Needs Major Reform—Sooner Rather Than Later
Medicare’s financial condition is worsening—and it’s time for our ever-reluctant Congress to start the arduous legislative task of making much-needed changes to the program. In its 2025 report, the Medicare Board of Trustees is unambiguous: “The sooner solutions are enacted, the more flexible and gradual they can be. Introducing reforms early would give affected individuals… -
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HHS Pitches Prior Authorization Reform as Way to Improve Patient Experience for Millions
Millions of Americans will benefit from the Trump administration’s plans for prior authorization reform, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced that major insurers have promised to ease “prior authorization” by creating a common standard for submitting electronic requests by… -
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In Face of Terrorist Sleeper Cell Threat, DHS Secretary Pledges to ‘Go After Them Before They Do Anything’
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va.—Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sought Monday to reassure the American people that the Trump administration is actively working to protect the homeland following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites. “We are continuing to evaluate every single threat and to proactively go after them before they do anything or take any… -
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Senate Finance Health Care Reconciliation Provisions: Some Improvements but Some Glaring Omissions
As the Senate Finance Committee’s reconciliation package continues to make its way through the Senate process, a review of its key provisions as compared to the House-passed version offers some helpful insights and exposes some glaring omissions. The Senate Finance bill follows the House-passed reconciliation bill in a number of ways. First, like the House… -
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Analysis: Blue-Collar Wages Rise as Illegal Immigration Declines
As President Donald Trump and his administration work on expanding deportation operations, the White House is reporting that blue-collar workers have seen the most significant growth in wages in over half a century. “In President Donald Trump’s first five months in office, real wages for hourly workers have seen their largest increase under any administration…