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2 months ago | 
portside.org | Ben Leonard |Adam Cancryn |Robert King
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said he has “concerns” about “the House’s proposal for very deep cuts to Medicaid.”As Medicaid has expanded in more red states under the Affordable Care Act and the Republican Party has become more populist, its voter base is increasingly reliant on the program, which provides health care to lower-income Americans of all ages.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
democrats.org | Ben Leonard |Meredith Lee |Kelsey Tamborrino |Shelby Reese
Key Point: “House Republicans are passing around a ‘menu’ of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Ben Leonard |Meredith Lee |Kelsey Tamborrino
House Republicans are passing around a “menu” of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security. The early list of potential spending offsets obtained by POLITICO includes changes to Medicare and ending Biden administration climate programs, along with slashing welfare and “reimagining” the Affordable Care Act.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Ben Leonard |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Politico Driving The DayLET’S BE TRANSPARENT — Hospitals, CMS and advocacy groups are clashing over how well regulations intended to help patients shop around for health care and drive competition among hospitals are working heading into the Trump administration. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump’s HHS finalized rules requiring hospitals to make public their negotiated prices with insurers.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Ben Leonard |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Politico January 6, 2025By Ben Leonard and Chelsea CirruzzoCLASHING APPROACHES TO CHRONIC DISEASE — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead HHS — wants to refocus health agencies on chronic disease. But House Republicans and conservative think tanks have repeatedly suggested refocusing the CDC on infectious disease — setting up an apparent conflict between the two camps, Sophie reports.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Ben Leonard |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Biden’s last regulatory stand Politico December 6, 2024By Ben Leonard and Chelsea CirruzzoWith help from Daniel Payne, Kelly Hooper and Carmen Paun“The Trump administration opened up the fire hose in [its] last month,” said Jeffrey Davis, health policy director at McDermott+ Consulting.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo |Ben Leonard
Politico December 3, 2024By Chelsea Cirruzzo and Ben LeonardGOING NATIONAL? Capitol Hill has its eye on California’s new law that regulates how artificial intelligence is used by insurers in granting prior authorization for treatments, Chelsea reports. Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) told Pulse the House Task Force on AI he sits on has discussed the law, along with doctors who’ve met with the group.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo |Ben Leonard
Politico November 25, 2024By Chelsea Cirruzzo and Ben LeonardTHE MAHA DEPARTMENT TAKES SHAPE — The potential nominees to run federal agencies during the second Trump administration are aligned on their mission to overhaul some health regulatory agencies, reshape how doctors are paid and shift focus from infectious diseases to chronic diseases. While all those the nominees except Kennedy have medical backgrounds, none have led federal agencies and all share... Today's SponsorsToday's Sponsor
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Ben Leonard |Chelsea Cirruzzo
Rand roadblock: Biotech bill’s uncertain future Politico November 22, 2024By Ben Leonard and Chelsea CirruzzoA major reason for questions about its future is Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the incoming chair of the Homeland Security Committee, who has steadfastly opposed the legislation. Lawmakers — including House Speaker Mike Johnson and retiring Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) — are preparing a last-ditch effort to get the BIOSECURE Act signed into law with weeks left in this Congress.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Ben Leonard
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is seemingly drawing more enthusiasm from Senate Republicans than Trump’s selection to run HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Some GOP senators have not been publicly enthusiastic about Kennedy’s selection. But Senate Republicans across the ideological spectrum — and even the Democrat who beat Oz in a bitter Pennsylvania Senate race in 2022, Sen.
