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The two big ways AI is changing health care

2

For HHS, AI is an inside job

3

A look back at abortion policy in 2023 and a look forward to 2024

4

Fentanyl’s fatal year in review

5

What the USPS is hiding about worker safety

6

What Biden's new fair price drug policy means

7

Congress’ health reform package: Where does it stand?

8

The future of milestone opioid law

9

How the coming mining boom could upend local health care

10

Why Congress is deadlocked over PEPFAR

11

Some drug patents in the Biden administration's crosshairs

12

Who’s calling the shots on health care policy now?

13

Dr. Google’s legislative test

14

Repeal-and-replace redux

15

Sickle cell gene-editing treatment poised for FDA approval

16

Trump reignites Affordable Care Act battle

17

The changing face of primary care

18

China’s virus outbreak: Seasonal return or new threat?

19

Medicare Advantage plans on the rise, and under scrutiny

20

Organ transplant reforms stalled by lack of funding

21

Why the forecast is cloudy for year-end health legislation

22

A clear and present danger

23

More infant RSV shots sent as winter nears

24

U.K. approves world’s first gene-editing therapy

25

Health policy fixes in flux without year-end omnibus spending bill

26

Connecticut’s solution to covering pricey weight-loss drugs

27

Will Florida be the exception for abortion-rights supporters?

28

GOP seeks 95 percent cut to Trumps AIDS program

29

Voters have their say on abortion restrictions

30

2023 Milken Future of Health summit takeaways

31

Finding a doula in New York just got easier

32

CDC panel recommends changing infection-control guidelines

33

Notable change in NY's approach to overdose prevention funding

34

Transparency concerns at drug pricing patient sessions

35

The ACA's open enrollment began this week: Here's what's new

36

Coming to terms with AI’s future role in health care

37

The future is here: AI in health care

38

Abortion on the ballot: What the Ohio vote means

39

Congress debates Biden’s nursing home staffing rules

40

Bernie Sanders' failed fight to lower drug prices in 2023

41

How CDC Director Mandy Cohen is kicking off a new era

42

Why some states want more power over Medicare Advantage plans.

43

Congress not acting on the opioid epidemic

44

Why experts are criticizing FDA's approach to some neurological drugs

45

Why and how CMS is 'reining in' Medicare Advantage ads

46

How Bidens’ insurer transparency rules hinder shopping around

47

House speaker chaos, or not …

48

Biden’s NIH pick finally gets her confirmation hearing

49

What's behind Rep. McCaul's anti-fentanyl push?

50

Impact of Ohio’s vote on abortion rights

51

Sorting fact from fiction about Europe’s view of gender-affirming care

52

Hospitals targeted in Congress’ search for cost savings

53

The tuberculosis spike in NYC

54

Inside the Kaiser Permanente strike

55

Medicare kicks off its drug price negotiations with patient input

56

What you need to know about the stopgap spending bill

57

Why a government program meant to save Medicare money actually spent a lot more

58

Cancer care at a crossroads

59

Why hasn’t the Biden administration acted on a Trump-era health rule?

60

The American Medical Association’s growing rift with Republicans

61

Unpaid hospitals bills pile up as Medicaid drops coverage

62

The seismic shift in primary care

63

Trump’s abortion flip-flop roils GOP primary

64

Key lawmaker, experts debate health care system payment fairness

65

Dr. YouTube

66

Rebuilding trust is hard. Just ask Mandy Cohen.

67

Biden goes after insurers on mental health parity

68

George W. Bush’s personal push to save his PEPFAR legacy

69

Three Obamacare co-ops survived. Here’s how it happened.

70

Impact of life-threatening heat

71

Drug costs, price transparency in focus of new house health care bill

72

As Medicaid cuts loom, states brace for junk plan schemes

73

Confronting the reality of personal medical debt

74

PBM reform at a tipping point as Congress confronts drug pricing

75

Abortion disputes threaten renewal of HIV/AIDS program

76

Congress is back, and so is the threat of a government shutdown

77

Politico scoop: The White House to name drugs for Medicare negotiations next week

78

A high-deductible insurance debate in Congress: Who will benefit?

79

Regulating drug marketing on social media: Can it be done?

80

Malaria cases baffle experts

81

A new tool in the tool box?

82

Facing the next pandemic

83

NYC school health clinics shutting down as care model evolves

84

HHS seeks to toss drug pricing suit on IRA anniversary

85

After Ohio vote, Dems eye Virginia

86

Bipartisan support grows for psychedelic medicine, but hurdles remain

87

The undoing of the biggest health care expansion since Obamacare

88

Pregnancy accommodation rules spark abortion backlash

89

Behind the drop in the reporting of medical device shortages

90

Old congressional friends now at odds over Covid

91

As Medicaid funds dry up, private insurer ups its political contributions

92

Experts warn of potential fall covid surge as hospitalizations increase

93

America’s maternity care deserts spread

94

Congress faces a time crunch to pass critical health bills

95

Medicaid unwinding may hobble the nation's opioid response

96

Pending nursing home rules upset both advocates and industry

97

CDC finds more tuberculous cases linked to bone grafts

98

Mississippi’s cannabis conundrum: Too much weed, not enough need

99

Biden cracking down on insurers who skimp on mental health care coverage

100

GOP readies for spending fight for wins on abortion, trans care

101

What’s next for rare disease treatments?

102

Behind the evolving overdose crisis

103

Newt's new view of NIH

104

Biden’s plan to expand HIPAA to protect abortion rights comes under bipartisan fire

105

CMS’ physician fee cut plan draws praise and criticism

106

How one red state boosted its public health budget

107

FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control. What’s next?

108

Sen. Sanders' line in the sand

109

A White House plan to tackle ‘Tranq Dope’

110

Major health care legislation looms

111

Biden proposes four-month cap on short-term health coverage

112

How the AMA chief plans to tackle pay and talk to Congress

113

CMS under fire from GOP for ignoring doctors’ advice on value-based care

114

The Medicare drug price negotiation plan is out

115

What’s next for the CDC post Walensky?

116

The future of Alzheimer’s treatment drugs

117

Abortion disputes in Congress stalls AIDS relief program

118

FDA’s first draft guidance for psychedelic research released

119

Medicare payment reform flounders on Capitol Hill

120

What the abortion landscape looks like now, one year after Roe

121

Will Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements get the job done?

122

A surprising new strategy to fight abortion bans: religious freedom

123

Meet Mandy Cohen, Biden's pick to lead the CDC

124

Arkansas' Medicaid experiment

125

Partisan rift threatens pandemic preparedness bill

126

Can Walensky’s new vision for the CDC weather congressional gridlock?

127

FDA considering a second Alzheimer's drug

128

CMS doubles the number of drugs subject to inflation remedies

129

The impact of the debt ceiling deal on vaccine funding

130

What we learned at the POLITICO health care summit

131

A preview of today’s POLITICO Health Care Summit

132

Medicare director charts path in drug price negotiations

133

An unfounded claim about Ron DeSantis troubles people with autism

134

The rally to keep Medicaid coverage amid program unwinding

135

Doctors and hospitals ready to take on new, riskier ways to save Medicare

136

Low-income workers scored in the Covid economy. But will their progress continue?

137

How a one-time Alabama abortion clinic is adjusting

138

Why some Democrats joined with the GOP to pass new fentanyl legislation in the House

139

U.S. HIV infections decline, but racial disparities persist

140

Mayo Clinic vs. Minnesota in health spending fight

141

Medicare contractors will keep paying for remote health monitoring

142

Debt limit breach could devastate health care

143

Senators investigate extent of Medicare coverage denials

144

Bernie's newest health care plan

145

The one abortion law Democrats aren’t rushing to repeal

146

Regulating AI in health care

147

Republicans object to Medicare cost-cutting experiment

148

Blue states waver on undocumented Medicaid coverage expansions

149

FDA advisors back first OTC birth control pill

150

The end of an era: What to expect when the Covid PHE is over

151

Overdose prevention centers: Effective abroad, but controversial in the U.S.

152

Boom and bust: The pandemic and community health workers

153

The next front in the abortion rights ballot fight: Florida

154

Former NIH Director’s $130 million plan for African genomics centers

155

Drug overdose deaths among Black Americans skyrocket

156

Tracking health care legislation on the Hill right now

157

Senate bill has telehealth advocates feeling hopeful

158

New CDC data: American teens are in crisis

159

Senate HELP committee to mark up drug pricing bills next week

160

It’s hard for doctors to switch jobs. Hospitals like it that way.

161

The challenge to health care access for trans youth

162

The solution to Medicare’s financial problems may start at home

163

Congress asks how its health data was compromised

164

If you get a Covid-19 shot, it will be a bivalent booster, FDA decides

165

How Washington state aims to protect consumers’ health data

166

Sen. John Fetterman’s return to Capitol Hill driving a conversation about mental health

167

How the FTC and HHS plan to protect your health data

168

Future uncertain at generic drug lobby

169

Horse sedative an 'emerging threat' to public health

170

How the pandemic is (still) changing traditional doctors' roles

171

Unpacking dueling rulings on abortion pills

172

Teens are worried about TikTok, too

173

The impact of Covid on kids’ mental health may be worse yet

174

As federal contracts end for Covid-19 vaccines: What comes next?

175

Ringing the long Covid alarm

176

The FTC mandates Illumina dissolve its relationship with Grail

177

Restore Roe or go further? Abortion-rights activists clash over ballot initiatives

178

Republicans’ ‘new pro-life agenda’

179

FDA approves first OTC opioid overdose reversal drug

180

The Biden administration’s ongoing fight over abortion pill access

181

The latest on cannabis research from the office trying to study it

182

An AI decision maker in your emergency room?

183

Lawmakers say TikTok is killing kids

184

New report says CDC overstated vax data

185

The Sanders v. Moderna hearing

186

California and drugmaker partner to make affordable insulin

187

What GOP lawmakers are doing to keep abortion off the ballot

188

Tester wants to fix VA health records

189

New CDC report shows sharp rise in U.S. maternal deaths

190

Why the VA’s health arm will cover a new Alzheimer’s drug ... and Medicare won’t

191

How SVB's failure affects health tech

192

Daylight saving drama

193

A drug cost stat falls out of favor

194

Inside the President's budget

195

Next-gen Covid vaccine hopefuls part ways with K Street

196

Here's what drove Walgreens' abortion pill decision

197

The roadblock facing an opioid addiction treatment

198

Inside the FTC's deal with BetterHelp

199

GOP divided on how to respond to ‘lab leak’ reports

200

DeSantis and the 'medical freedom' movement

201

Why one state’s plan to unwind a Medicaid rule is raising red flags

202

Where a good night’s sleep is hard to get

203

The surgeon general wants to talk to you about mental health

204

PBM reform effort intensifies on Capitol Hill

205

CDC heads to Ohio

206

The nursing home booster problem

207

FDA advisers recommend over-the-counter naloxone

208

What's new in psychedelics research

209

Making public the private equities associated with nursing homes

210

A step toward better data sharing

211

Contrarian scientists question Biden’s cancer moonshot

212

Could these new legal theories reverse abortion bans?

213

Court could ban abortion pills nationwide

214

Teen drug deaths lead California schools to stock overdose reversal drug

215

Former FDA chief David Kessler reflects on Covid

216

More regulation could be coming for cannabis

217

FTC cracks down on GoodRx

218

Deciding the fate of millions on Medicaid

219

The end of the Covid emergency is near, and Pfizer reveals its post-PHE plans

220

Lobbyists quake as Sanders takes Senate panel's helm

221

The start of the FDA's pivot in immunization strategy

222

Inside Amazon's new prescription subscription

223

Lawsuit asks whether social media companies are responsible for mental health issue

224

In conservative states, anti-abortion groups butt heads with ... Republicans

225

What Zients' stint as Covid czar tells us about what kind of chief of staff he'll be

226

This is what’s keeping pharmacy shelves bare

227

GAO questions HHS oversight of ‘gain-of-function’ research

228

Democratic Sen. Warner pushes for health cybersecurity legislation

229

The Biden admin's big plans for airplane toilets

230

Inside the crisis in the U.K.'s National Health Service

231

The end of the covid public health emergency could limit virtual prescribing

232

What Maine’s prisons taught Washington about fighting opioids

233

Biden navigates the end of the Covid public health emergency

234

The fight over how to deliver bad news to patients

235

FDA approves second Alzheimer’s treatment

236

The state of mental health and substance use in the U.S.

237

The latest on XBB.1.5

238

Anti-abortion groups give House GOP a list of their demands

239

What's next on the AI front in health care

240

What we learned from the mpox outbreak

241

2023 state abortion battles: What to expect

242

Can Mark Cuban disrupt prescription drugs?

243

When Bernie Sanders gets the HELP committee gavel

244

The FDA's struggles on flavored e-cigs

245

Running the NDAA's numbers on global health funding

246

New data sheds more light on long Covid

247

States face brutal virus fallout

248

Competition is coming for a top drug

249

Who's the next Fred Upton?

250

Developing the RSV vaccine

251

Unlocking health data

252

Ex-FDA vaccine inspectors call for better training

253

Top pharma group seeks postmortem on lobbying after drug pricing loss

254

Elon Musk wants to put a chip in your brain

255

The states making another run at expanding Medicaid in 2023

256

Covid forced rural health care to go virtual. Providers don’t want to go back.

257

These 'Abortion Pirates' want equal access to abortion pills worldwide

258

The challenges of long Covid and federal disability policies

259

Using environmental laws to curb abortions

260

Long Covid’s funding shortfall

261

The debate over RSV's unprecedented surge and children's health

262

Why venture capital for health technology startups is tanking

263

Your guide to the next six weeks in Washington on health care

264

For Congress, health privacy is top of mind

265

The end of the military's Covid-19 vaccination requirement?

266

The state Supreme Court races that gave anti-abortion groups a win

267

How a potentially divided government would affect health policy

268

SCOTUS case could change who gets sued if a Medicaid recipient's rights are violated

269

How motivating were abortion rights in the midterms?

270

The non-abortion-related health care ballot measures to watch Tuesday

271

The races that will shape abortion access in the states

272

A new Congressional report linking cybersecurity to health security

273

Why opioid treatment providers are very, very worried about fentanyl

274

Experts pinpoint problems with the FDA's tobacco program

275

RSV surge casts focus on vaccine pipeline

276

BIO leadership shakeup followed clashes with board

277

What we learned from the MedTech conference

278

Congress has a plan for rural hospitals. Most aren't interested.

279

Medical debt on the ballot in Arizona

280

The epidemics we stopped

281

What we can learn about experiments in remote care

282

Telehealth’s double-edged sword

283

Biden's bivalent booster scramble

284

Inside Biden's new pandemic preparedness and biodefense strategy

285

How a battle over a pregnancy drug highlights risks in FDA's expediting process

286

Congress is primed for action on mental health

287

What could help the global monkeypox vaccine situation? A couple of brothers.

288

Warning to your health care bills: more inflation is on the way

289

Doctors campaign for their candidates?

290

Why the U.S. lags in approving a nasal Covid vaccine

291

Abortion services continue to dwindle post-Roe

292

Should these opioids be schedule 1 drugs?

293

How the staggering nursing shortage might end

294

Why states aren't applying to Biden's abortion access solution

295

The war against superbugs

296

Abortion bans complicate prescriptions for other drugs

297

The fallout from Biden going off script on the pandemic

298

New CDC data shows STD rates shot up in 2021

299

Monkeypox vaccine unknowns

300

Omicron booster shots could soon be on their way

301

FDA reviews first-ever OTC birth control application

302

FDA adds more advisors after a spring of stumbles

303

The state lawmakers at the center of abortion rights

304

Patients could lose telehealth options for addiction treatment

305

Global abortion-rights advocates brace for impact from Roe

306

What researchers know — and don't — about long Covid

307

Vaccine injury compensation programs overwhelmed while Congress stalls

308

Getting the risk messaging right on monkeypox

309

Ghana's covid vaccination campaign

310

The push inside the FDA for over-the-counter birth control

311

Bringing clinical trials into the 21st century

312

Menthol cigs face an FDA ban

313

Biden admin will rescind Trump ‘conscience’ rule for health workers

314

Insulin, a poster child for unaffordable drugs

315

Amazon's big moves in the telehealth space

316

The puzzling case of hospitals and N95s

317

White House warns free Covid treatments at risk

318

CDC relaxes guidelines and Biden’s new covid plans

319

Inside the FDA's 4-month delay over infant formula

320

Finding another $30 billion for Covid aid

321

Medicaid staring down end-of-pandemic deadline

322

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize Covid shot for kids under 5

323

The newest pandemic wedge issue: Sotrovimab

324

Why the Biden administration is finally ramping up tests and masks

325

'Confusion and frustration': Congress on the CDC

326

CDC doubles down on December guidance

327

Califf a likely confirmation for FDA

328

Democrats' fight over prescription drug prices

329

Where Novavax went wrong

330

Get ready for more boosters

331

What vaccine mandates look like in reality

332

School vaccine mandates are being put to the test

333

Presenting Global Insider: Taiwan’s digital minister on China’s “digital authoritarianism”

334

More booster news and shots for kids: What you need to know

335

Who will the vaccine mandate affect?

336

A new testing push

337

The holidays are coming. Is a Covid surge coming, too?

338

Becerra takes back seat on Covid

339

DeSantis' transformation on vaccinations

340

Could pandemic programs provide a path to ending hunger?

341

Immunity: making sense of the data

342

New variant, same story

343

How America failed at reporting Covid data

344

What we know about kids and Covid

345

What we know about vaccines and variants right now

346

What to know about the new mask guidance

347

How Covid upended the workforce

348

Japan's Olympic gamble

349

In Chicago, Biden's vax plan crashes into reality

350

What to know about the Delta variant

351

Why we're gonna miss our vaccine goal

352

A political and legislative boost for anti-vaxxers

353

Can the G7 deliver on vaccines?

354

Why Covid rules on liquor, pot and telemedicine might stick around

355

The future of transit after Covid

356

How do we boost vaccination rates?

357

Cases are surging in Southeast Asia. Where’s the U.S.?

358

The problem with health data

359

Which wizard is your vaccine?

360

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez

361

Let's talk about testing

362

What we can learn from Emergent's Covid vaccine mishap

363

Why cases are rising and what we can do about it

364

The AstraZeneCatasrophe continues

365

The AstraZeneCatastrophe

366

To vaccine passport, or not to vaccine passport?

367

The road back to normalcy

368

Vaccines: The new global currency?

369

Lessons from the front lines of the vaccine effort

370

Europe's sloppy vaccine rollout

371

Reopening schools: A messy report card

372

The problem with health data

373

New president. Same pandemic.

374

Goodbye, Dan Diamond

375

What a Democratic Senate means for Covid

376

The vaccines are here!

377

Introducing ... The Biden Health Team

378

The President, the President-Elect, and the Pandemic

379

The angel or the devil?

380

Your questions about the Covid vaccine, answered

381

Did Covid even matter for the election?

382

Presenting... Global Translations: Can we make enough vaccine?

383

What you need to know about Trump's and Biden's health policies

384

A global pandemic. A scattered response.

385

The Most Dramatic Episode of Pulse Check...EVER

386

A $300 million ad blitz from HHS

387

Sen. Chris Murphy on Covid and the courts: "This is another repeal debate"

388

Caputo out.

389

A pandemic, a vaccine and an election. What could go wrong?

390

Will Covid define the election?

391

Leader of the Task Force

392

Cut health funding for the military? Biden and Trump agree: Nah

393

A new VP candidate with old healthcare baggage

394

Dr. Anthony Fauci: Waging the COVID War with `Realistic Optimism`

395

Groundhog Day, Hydroxychloroquine-Style

396

Is telehealth here to stay?

397

The health department's $5M soap opera

398

Coronavirus: 6 months in, 6 months out

399

Bolton, China and Coronavirus

400

Operation Vaccine: Warp Speed Ahead?

401

U.S. Surgeon General: George Floyd "could have been me"

402

Coronavirus is a magnifying glass on racial inequity

403

Coronavirus: A grim milestone

404

Coronavirus: Some members of the National Guard face a 'hard stop'

405

Coronavirus: Rick Bright's explosive whistleblower claim

406

Coronavirus: Inside the White House's race for more tests

407

Coronavirus: The rocky road at HHS

408

Coronavirus: Why Surgeon General Jerome Adams was sidelined

409

Coronavirus: Inside America's two-decade failure to prepare

410

Coronavirus: Trump versus his health officials

411

Coronavirus: Behind-the-scenes on the pandemic playbook

412

Coronavirus: One-on-one with Scott Gottlieb

413

Coronavirus: Over by Easter? Not likely.

414

Coronavirus: Inside Trump's response

415

Exit interview: Rebekah Gee on reshaping Louisiana's health program

416

The Wuhan coronavirus: Understanding the threat and government response

417

Did Trump just solve the vaping crisis?

418

Six things missing in the Medicare-for-All debate

419

Inside the fight shaking HHS, with Adam Cancryn and Rachana Pradhan

420

Sponsored Content: Telehealth solutions bridging the health care divide for veterans

421

Saving the VA, Chapter 4: Sen. Jon Tester on Congress' role

422

Saving the VA, Chapter 3: The patient experience, with J.R. Wilson

423

Saving the VA, Chapter 2: Leading the agency, with former Secretary David Shulkin

424

Saving the VA, Chapter 1: Caring for veterans, with Andrea Plate

425

Sponsored Content: Delivering better care for patients – Oncology leaders weigh in

426

Ebola, flu — and mudslides?

427

The fight to fix organ donation, with Greg Segal

428

Meet John Marty — the "Bernie Sanders of Minnesota"

429

When immigration and health care collide, with Mark Greenberg and Scott Lloyd

430

One-on-one with Adam Boehler

431

Is this the next big change to Medicaid?

432

What will (and won't) happen this fall. Plus: inside the launch of POLITICO Pro Cannabis

433

The long shadow of Trump's "public charge" rule

434

Gun violence is more than a "mental health crisis"

435

Dissecting a debate moment: Sanders, Warren and... Delaney?

436

Neera Tanden on Medicare Extra, the Democratic primary and Trump's legacy

437

The race for AI supremacy

438

Understanding Trump's kidney plan, plus an ACA update

439

Looking outside the Beltway with Bijan Salehizadeh and Sue Desmond-Hellmann

440

Sen. Lamar Alexander on how to build a health care bill

441

What it's like to run Medicaid, with Tim Hill

442

Keeping new moms alive, with Katy Kozhimannil

443

How the courts are deciding Obama and Trump's health care legacies, with Katie Keith

444

Roundup: CBD and marijuana, plus 2020 policy fights

445

Meet the congresswoman behind Democrats' new health care package

446

On Uwe Reinhardt's new book and lasting legacy

447

Inside Baltimore's 'Healthy Holly' scandal with the reporter who broke it

448

Why 150,000 nurses are fighting for "Medicare for All"

449

'Historic' payment pilots and Ariadne Labs' Asaf Bitton

450

Roundup: Medicare for All, Democrats' divides and drug pricing investigations

451

Tony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor

452

Rep. Joe Kennedy on defending Medicaid in the Trump era

453

The new GOP senator who wants to be a leader on health care

454

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

455

Can we trust Trump on HIV?

456

The Scott Gottlieb era is (almost) over

457

Meet the industry group fighting Medicare for All

458

Roundup: Medicaid fights, ACA lawsuits and drug pricing with Rodney Whitlock

459

How a top Democrat is approaching this year's investigations

460

Planned Parenthood's Leana Wen

461

Sen. Chuck Grassley

462

Ashish Jha on hospital readmissions and global health

463

Sarah Kliff on hospital billing and policy journalism

464

Inside HHS: A former official defends crisis response

465

What's ahead for health care in 2019

466

Bonus: Unpacking the government shutdown

467

Maryland AG Brian Frosh on his fight to save Obamacare

468

Surgeon General Jerome Adams

469

HealthCare.Glum? The latest on the ACA

470

Rep. Pramila Jayapal and the fight for 'Medicare for All'

471

Roundup: The lame-duck Congress, plus new drug pricing plans

472

Dan Barber wants you to stop throwing away food

473

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

474

Midterms recap: What happens now

475

How to watch health care in the election

476

Meet the woman leading the nation's war on addiction

477

Peter Orszag and news roundup

478

Why one nurse is running for Congress

479

Sponsored content: Setting the record straight on Medicaid

480

Pulse Check at Work: Health coach

481

Pulse Check at Work: Data scientist

482

Pulse Check at Work: Radiologist

483

Pulse Check at Work: Home health aide

484

Brett Kavanaugh, ACA court hearings take center stage

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The lawyers trying to prove Trump sabotaged the ACA

486

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

487

Defending vaccines, with Paul Offit

488

Don Rucker wants to set health data free

489

Trump's steady march to remake the ACA, with Lanhee Chen

490

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

491

The abortion fight, from then to now

492

MD Anderson's Ron DePinho on fighting brain cancer

493

What Brett Kavanaugh means for health care

494

Roundup: HHS and the migrant crisis, the ACA and bonus Atul Gawande Q&A

495

Roundup: The courts, Congress and the migrant crisis with Bob Carey

496

Bonus: Andy Slavitt and Cindy Gillespie on immigration, Medicaid, the elections and more

497

The fall of Theranos, with 'Bad Blood' author John Carreyrou

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The rise of JUUL, with Tevi Troy

499

Sen. Bill Cassidy

500

Is Trump winning the war on abortion?

501

HHS Secretary Alex Azar

502

Trump's drug plan, explained

503

Building a better safety net with Veenu Aulakh

504

Talking Walmart, UnitedHealth, Amazon and more with John Gorman

505

Why Obama's Datapalooza is still thriving under Trump

506

Meet America’s next top insurance lobbyist

507

The (possible) Medicaid expansion next door

508

The new watchdogs trying to hold Trump accountable

509

‘Every first responder is also a survivor’: Puerto Rico, six months later

510

Inside the White House with Paul Winfree

511

Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson

512

How the industry (and this ex-Obama official) is reacting to Alex Azar's remarks

513

Why Seattle's health director is suing HHS

514

Religious freedom in health care and news roundup

515

Sam Quinones, author of 'Dreamland'

516

CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald resigns and Amazon-JPM-Berkshire Hathaway ramp up

517

The Alex Azar era begins and Providence St. Joseph CEO Rod Hochman

518

Karen DeSalvo and mini-news roundup

519

Live from JPM: Venture capitalist Bob Kocher

520

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

521

BONUS: Ady Barkan, activist and ALS patient

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Roundup: ACA enrollment, Doug Jones and Tina Smith

523

Roundup: Budget battles and mega-mergers

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Roundup: Taxes, CHIP, the fate of HHS and fake news

525

Jeff Goldsmith on predicting health care's future

526

Roundup: Taxes and Mayo Clinic, ACA myths and Uwe

527

Sen. Michael Bennet on Medicare-X, making policy and more, plus ACA open enrollment with Josh Peck

528

Aaron Carroll on his path to the New York Times' front page

529

NARAL's Ilyse Hogue on abortion rights, Medicare-for-all and where Democrats go next

530

Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and news roundup

531

Andy Slavitt on what's next for health care - and him

532

Nicholas Bagley on Trump’s legal threat to Obamacare and news roundup

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Ben Wikler: ‘The Resistance’ isn’t futile

534

NYC health commissioner Mary Bassett and Chicago health commissioner Julie Morita

535

Dead bill walking?

536

Does the GOP bill pass this month? It's '50-50'

537

Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove on what he's telling his senator, and news roundup

538

The turning points to watch this week

539

Neera Tanden: GOP bill is 'moral outrage,' but Democrats will triumph in the end

540

She's a Medicaid expert. He's the ex-CEO of Apple. Here's how they see the GOP bill.

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How the Senate's 'illusion of momentum' might give them the real thing

542

Jonathan Bush on what everyone gets wrong about health care

543

‘Only 23 million more uninsured’

544

POLITICO editor Carrie Budoff Brown on covering Trumpcare, Obamacare and this crazy news moment

545

Jon Favreau and Rick Wilson on bad bills and worse messaging

546

What's next for the GOP health bill, and Mario Molina on his surprise firing

547

Unpacking the GOP's health strategy with Ceci Connolly and Cynthia Cox

548

How Obamacare marketplaces are dealing with the zombie repeal bill

549

News roundup and Austin Frakt on how to become a nationally known health care expert

550

Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Charlie Dent on what's next for health care

551

Bonus roundup: The short life and quick death of AHCA

552

Zeke Emanuel on talking with Trump: 'This is an appalling bill'

553

News roundup: The GOP health bill and where Congress stands

554

Rep. Joe Kennedy on fighting for the ACA — even if it takes all night

555

AHA’s Rick Pollack and ALEC’s Lisa Nelson on the GOP reform bill

556

Obamacare: Where two insiders think the GOP goes from here

557

News roundup: Town halls, Trump's speech and where the ACA repeal fight stands

558

She raised the price of EpiPen. He says he wants to bring drug prices down.

559

Running CMS: What it's like, and what Seema Verma may do

560

PhRMA's Stephen Ubl on drug prices, lab coats (not hoodies), and talking with Trump

561

Harvard's global health leader on making America even greater

562

News roundup: Week 1 of the Trump administration

563

Stock trades and Senate attacks: Where Tom Price's nomination goes from here

564

Begun, the Trump health agenda has

565

News roundup: Obamacare update (and what we've missed while focusing on it)

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One man is trying to repeal Obamacare. The other is trying to save it.

567

Steve Case: Trump's win was 'wake-up call' for health care investors

568

Meet the doctors who endorsed Tom Price — and the ones who call him a 'radical'

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Trump loves him. But is Price right for health care?

570

Sketching out Trumpcare and saving Obamacare

571

The Trump era: Where health care goes from here

572

Obamacare is now endangered. But it's not dead yet.

573

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: How 'America's Doctor' sees opioids, gun violence and more

574

Harvard's Bob Blendon on what polling tells us about Obamacare and the election

575

Andy Slavitt on MACRA, Minnesota and more

576

How a doctor-turned-venture capitalist finds health care's investing opportunities

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Health Affairs editor Alan Weil on shaping the policy debate

578

The White House drug czar on fighting addictions — including his own

579

Anne Filipic warns Obamacare doom-and-gloom can be self-fulfilling

580

Aneesh Chopra on why health care's data revolution has arrived

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Obamacare’s CEO on what’s next after Aetna’s exits

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Marilyn Tavenner on implementing Obamacare — and then lobbying to change it

583

Lanhee Chen on coming to terms with the rise of Trump

584

Kate Baicker on busting Obamacare myths

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Sen. Lamar Alexander on why the next president needs to make a deal on Obamacare

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What the GOP health plan really means, with Douglas Holtz-Eakin

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Why the Part B fight is roiling Washington

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Peter Hotez on how Zika is America's next disaster

589

Karen DeSalvo on how data will transform health care

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Tom Frieden on Zika's unprecedented threat

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Ron Klain on why we beat Ebola — but are losing on Zika

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Chip Kahn on Harry, Louise – and Hillary

593

Farzad Mostashari on how government really works

594

Andy Slavitt on how CMS will win doctors' hearts and minds

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Coming soon: POLITICO's Pulse Check