The Trump administration is proposing shortening the period in which people can enroll in Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans and disallowing “Dreamers” from getting coverage through the program.
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Full StoryThree Democratic senators want answers from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his private meetings with drugmakers alongside President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. In a letter to Kennedy sent Monday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he “owes the public an explanation” for what happened during the meetings, why he took part, …
‘Gut punch’: Democrats decry Trump’s plan to cut 80,000 employees at VA
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Shutdown watch: Government funding expires on Friday. The Senate HELP Committee will vote Thursday morning on the nominations of Jay Bhattacharya as director of the NIH and Marty Makary as FDA commissioner Also Thursday, the HELP Committee holds a confirmation hearing for CDC director nominee David Weldon—the first time a CDC director has needed to be confirmed.Local and state headlines on health care:
With a crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles (The Texas Tribune) Trump’s proposed budget cuts to EPA and NIH spark alarm in North Carolina (North Carolina Health News) Fate of Wyoming’s last abortion clinic in balance as Republicans take aim (The Guardian)Canada slaps electricity tariffs on New York, Minnesota, Michigan
Trump administration eyes 30 percent payroll reduction at National Park Service
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