Politics

AAFP board chair details potential effects in critique of federal spending plan.

Responses focus on health care as House approves One Big Beautiful Bill federal spending legislation.

HHS has made changes, but lawmakers want prior auth procedures codified in law.

As Trump and Congress debate the Big Beautiful Bill, public health, medical research, and Medicaid could ‘Make America Healthy Again’ — if the nation pays for them.

Biden reveals aggressive prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones.

HHS announces plan to create ‘most-favored-nation’ cost scale so U.S. is not subsidizing drug prices in other countries.

House Budget Committee takes up debate and AMGA publishes projections due to Medicaid cuts in One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Trump administration tallies ‘staggering cost’ of opioid epidemic as lawmakers ponder budget.

Congressional committees review spending with Health and Human Services Department leader.

Public health experts react to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s testimony of budget in House of Representatives.

Digital health leaders unite in the Remote Monitoring Leadership Council to promote remote patient monitoring and advocate for supportive health policies.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies about HHS budget before House Appropriations Committee.

House committee begins deliberations on federal budget reconciliation bill, which includes Medicaid.

Energy & Commerce Chair Rep. Brett Guthrie spells out need for changes to Medicaid.

Three House committee leaders speak out on spending plan up for debate today.

Republican committee chair says Medicaid claims are unfounded, but advocacy groups, Democrats are predicting dire consequences.

Panel discusses need for communication and importance of primary care in relation to oncology and cancer treatments.

Ultraprocessed foods, oil-based dyes are FDA targets as part of Make America Healthy Again initiative.

Make America Healthy Again, HHS all on the agenda this week in U.S. Senate.

The Stanford University-trained doctor and wellness influencer is Trump’s new nominee for the nation’s top public health role.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network holds policy summit on collaboration in oncology, primary care.

Situation is ‘infuriating and reckless,’ said Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, as she rips Trump administration for defunding research, planning to gut Medicaid.

An expert physician panel discusses how vaccine policy has gone wrong under the Trump administration, why misinformation has flourished and what individual physicians can do to win back patient trust.

A majority of the public says health care cuts under the Trump administration have been made “recklessly” — including some Republicans.

New National Academy of Medicine report examines Medicare reimbursement, the RUC, and the process of determining values of medical care and services.

Relative Value Scale Update Committee responds to analysis from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The American Academy of Family Physicians sounds alarm over the White House’s health agenda as Trump’s first 100 days reshape health care norms.

Novavax continues working with FDA, but case could signal a shift in broader vaccine procedures.

NAACOS urges Trump Administration to ensure ACOs and value-based care are part of health policy going forward.

Brian Outland, PhD, discusses what 2025's health care shifts mean for physicians at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2025 in New Orleans.