Sydney Halleman

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Emily Olsen |Sydney Halleman |Delilah Alvarado

By Emily Olsen,Sydney Halleman,Delilah Alvarado An article fromOverturning of Roe v. WadeU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has indicated she wants to help challenge shield laws that protect clinicians offering abortion care, but the administration has sent mixed messages. Listen to the article 8 min

1 week ago | healthcaredive.com | Rebecca Pifer |Susanna Vogel |Sydney Halleman

Listen to the article 6 minThe Trump administration is threatening to halt federal Medicaid funding to states it says are illegally using the safety-net insurance program to cover healthcare for undocumented immigrants. Under federal law, states are only allowed to use federal Medicaid funds for emergency medical services for people in the country illegally.

2 weeks ago | healthcaredive.com | Susanna Vogel |Emily Olsen |Sydney Halleman

Listen to the article 4 min On Friday, Rhode Island District Court Judge Mary McElroy issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from cutting $11 billion in public health funding. Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C. hadsued the HHS over the cuts, warning the funds were used to meet urgent public health needs, including tracking infectious diseases, providing mental health services andpreparing for future pandemics. The ruling marks the second win for states.

1 month ago | healthcaredive.com | Sydney Halleman |Susanna Vogel |Emily Olsen

Listen to the article 10 minRacquel Garcia, the founder of HardBeauty, an organization in Colorado that provides peer support to people facing substance use and behavioral health challenges, was headed to a funeral in late March when the email came through. Due to an assessment by the Department of Government Efficiency, it read, the federal government was terminating grants funded by COVID-19 appropriations early. Over $11 billion in national public health funding was being canceled.

1 month ago | healthcaredive.com | Sydney Halleman

The Trump administration aims to slash the budget of the HHS by roughly one-third and shutter a number of departments as part of a broad reorganization of federal health agencies, according to a draft budget document obtained by Healthcare Dive. If enacted, the proposed budget would bring further change to HHS after Secretary Robert F.