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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Deepa Shivaram |Deirdre Walsh |Selena Simmons-Duffin
Legislation working its way through Congress to codify President Trump's tax cuts would also make big cuts to Medicaid if it is passed. We look into what the bill proposes, and what the impacts would be. This podcast: White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and health policy correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin. This podcast was produced by Bria Suggs, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Emily Kwong |Hannah Chinn |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Gabrielle Emanuel |Rebecca Ramirez
Here's how the Trump administration has changed health policy in its first 100 days Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248091518/1269229654" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> People hold handmade signs at a Stand up for Science rally protesting the Trump administration's science policies and federal job cuts on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Chicago. Nam Y.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen
NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.
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1 month ago | 
ctpublic.org | Tom Bowman |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Michele Kelemen
Fund the Facts You just read trusted, local journalism that’s free for everyone, thanks to donors like you. If that matters to you, now is the time to give. Join the 50,000+ members powering honest reporting and a more connected — and civil! — Connecticut. SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities.
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2 months ago | 
tpr.org | Ayesha Rascoe |Sydney Lupkin |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Rob Stein
It was a chaotic week for the nation's health agencies, as layoff notices rolled in along with an order for deep cuts to contract spending. NPR's health reporters tell us what they've learned.
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2 months ago | 
ctpublic.org | Ayesha Rascoe |Sydney Lupkin |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Rob Stein
Fund the Facts You just read trusted, local journalism that’s free for everyone, thanks to donors like you. If that matters to you, now is the time to give. Join the 50,000+ members powering honest reporting and a more connected — and civil! — Connecticut. SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities.
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2 months ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Ayesha Rascoe |Sydney Lupkin |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Rob Stein
It was a chaotic week for the nation's health agencies, as layoff notices rolled in along with an order for deep cuts to contract spending. NPR's health reporters tell us what they've learned.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Rob Stein |Yuki Noguchi |Sydney Lupkin |Chiara Eisner |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Carmel Wroth
A worker wheels out the belongings of a fellow employee who was dismissed, outside of the Mary E. Switzer Federal Office Building, which houses HHS offices in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images Chaos and confusion dominated the restructuring affecting thousands of workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week.
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2 months ago | 
laist.com | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Rob Stein |Sydney Lupkin |Selena Simmons-Duffin |Yuki Noguchi |Carmel Wroth
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is cutting 10,000 jobs. Employees started getting termination notices Tuesday. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images The Trump administration began sending notices of termination to thousands of staffers at federal health agencies Tuesday, according to interviews with employees at multiple agencies and e-mails reviewed by NPR.
