John Wilkerson
Washington Correspondent at STAT
STAT Washington correspondent covering whatever Congress is up to on healthcare. [email protected]
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5 days ago |
statnews.com | John Wilkerson |Daniel Payne
WASHINGTON — President Trump is widely expected to try to advance a “most-favored nation” policy next week in an effort to reduce U.S. drug prices — a move that is likely to significantly rattle the pharmaceutical industry, cheer his political base, and, possibly, leave open some very big questions.
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6 days ago |
statnews.com | John Wilkerson
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I’ve spent way too much time standing in the halls of Congress this week, hoping to catch lawmakers willing to explain where negotiations stand on Medicaid cuts to pay for Trump’s tax cuts. Help us stay on top of what’s happening with tips to [email protected] or via Signal at John_Wilkerson.07.
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1 week ago |
statnews.com | Daniel Payne |John Wilkerson
Some Republicans lawmakers are reopening the door to look for savings in Medicaid beyond waste, fraud, and abuse — but they’re hitting roadblocks. With a looming deadline from President Trump to find hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to fund tax cut extensions, some lawmakers are hinting at a potentially fraught approach to reducing Medicaid spending: rethinking who should be eligible in the first place.
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1 week ago |
statnews.com | John Wilkerson
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A horse named Journalism was favored to win the Kentucky Derby, but lost to a horse named Sovereignty. Don’t go looking for metaphors or deeper meaning. A free press can thrive in nations that govern themselves. I don’t need a horse racing tip sheet.
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1 week ago |
statnews.com | John Wilkerson
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I saw the movie Sinners last weekend. That mystical scene where Preacher Boy’s blues guitar summons the past and future of Black American and African music over an old-school breakbeat that burns down the house. Dang.
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