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#Breaking: ‘Most effective way’ to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet statnews.com/2025/04/06/rfk…

Sen. Cassidy pushes back on RFK move to end fluoride in drinking water recommendation “The American Dental Association strongly stresses that fluoride prevents cavities. And I trust the American Dental Association," he told reporters

SCOOP: In his first meeting with staff, Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers. wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai…

Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."

With reports that Republicans in Congress are considering cutting the ACA's Medicaid expansion, here's our analysis of what that would mean on a state by state basis. 20 million people are covered under the expansion. kff.org/medicaid/issue…

I've received a few dozen responses, but I want more. Have you had pertussis? Polio? Rubella? Please tell me about it, whether you were too old for a vaccine, it wasn't effective for you, or you didn't get vaccinated for some other reason. And please share with folks not on X!

Love the The Wall Street Journal headline writers on today's front page. Yes, it's about a racehorse, but still, such a nice thought.

Good read, as always, from Jonathan Cohn.

Chicagoans about to be insufferable for at least the next 36 hours.

A new Pope from Chicago needs a true Chicago introduction... 🔊

Twitter is absurd tonight! 🩵Chicago

The morning after House Republicans release a detailed plan to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions, Josh Hawley is out with an op-ed urging his colleagues not to cut the program.

As more Medicaid and ACA changes pour in tonight from Congress, one thing strikes me as a former state human services secretary. For them or against them, assuming that states will implement so many new policies and programs at once, on time, and as designed is, well, fantasy.

Sen. Josh Hawley drills down on what he defines as a Medicaid “benefit cut” in the House bill: He takes issue with the provider tax and cost-sharing changes. BUT he’s fine with the work requirements and eligibility rules, the centerpiece of the legislation’s spending cuts.

Republicans are trying to buy the silence of physician lobbying groups. The offer: Don't make a peep about Medicaid cuts and millions of people losing health coverage, and we'll bump up your Medicare pay. Good story by Daniel Payne: statnews.com/2025/06/05/tru…

How Hawley, an outspoken critic on Medicaid cuts, could get to yes on his party’s reconciliation bill… GOP leaders included the RECA expansion measure he has for years lobbied in support of: nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/…

Tens of thousands of them have been working (legally) in health care. The elder care industry, in particular, is warning of an impending crisis. politico.com/news/2025/05/3…

I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind

This news comes < 2 weeks since the Supreme Court's decision in Braidwood Management and < 1 week since Dan Gorenstein and Tradeoffs previewed the possibility that Sec. Kennedy would reshape the US Preventive Services Task Force (as he has with ACIP): tradeoffs.org/2025/07/03/sup…

Sally Jenkins's goodbye note is, like, better than anything I have ever written.