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1

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

Partisan rift threatens pandemic preparedness bill

125

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

126

FDA considering a second Alzheimer's drug

127

CMS doubles the number of drugs subject to inflation remedies

128

The impact of the debt ceiling deal on vaccine funding

129

What we learned at the POLITICO health care summit

130

A preview of today’s POLITICO Health Care Summit

131

Medicare director charts path in drug price negotiations

132

An unfounded claim about Ron DeSantis troubles people with autism

133

The rally to keep Medicaid coverage amid program unwinding

134

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

135

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

136

How a one-time Alabama abortion clinic is adjusting

137

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

138

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

139

Mayo Clinic vs. Minnesota in health spending fight

140

Medicare contractors will keep paying for remote health monitoring

141

Debt limit breach could devastate health care

142

Senators investigate extent of Medicare coverage denials

143

Bernie's newest health care plan

144

The one abortion law Democrats aren’t rushing to repeal

145

Regulating AI in health care

146

Republicans object to Medicare cost-cutting experiment

147

Blue states waver on undocumented Medicaid coverage expansions

148

FDA advisors back first OTC birth control pill

149

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

150

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

151

Boom and bust: The pandemic and community health workers

152

The next front in the abortion rights ballot fight: Florida

153

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

154

Drug overdose deaths among Black Americans skyrocket

155

Tracking health care legislation on the Hill right now

156

Senate bill has telehealth advocates feeling hopeful

157

Senate HELP committee to mark up drug pricing bills next week

158

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

159

The challenge to health care access for trans youth

160

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

161

Congress asks how its health data was compromised

162

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

163

How Washington state aims to protect consumers’ health data

164

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

165

How the FTC and HHS plan to protect your health data

166

Future uncertain at generic drug lobby

167

Horse sedative an 'emerging threat' to public health

168

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

169

Unpacking dueling rulings on abortion pills

170

Teens are worried about TikTok, too

171

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

172

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

173

Ringing the long Covid alarm

174

The FTC mandates Illumina dissolve its relationship with Grail

175

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

176

Republicans’ ‘new pro-life agenda’

177

FDA approves first OTC opioid overdose reversal drug

178

The Biden administration’s ongoing fight over abortion pill access

179

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

180

An AI decision maker in your emergency room?

181

Lawmakers say TikTok is killing kids

182

New report says CDC overstated vax data

183

The Sanders v. Moderna hearing

184

California and drugmaker partner to make affordable insulin

185

What GOP lawmakers are doing to keep abortion off the ballot

186

Tester wants to fix VA health records

187

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

188

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

189

How SVB's failure affects health tech

190

Daylight saving drama

191

A drug cost stat falls out of favor

192

Inside the President's budget

193

Next-gen Covid vaccine hopefuls part ways with K Street

194

Here's what drove Walgreens' abortion pill decision

195

The roadblock facing an opioid addiction treatment

196

Inside the FTC's deal with BetterHelp

197

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

198

DeSantis and the 'medical freedom' movement

199

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

200

Where a good night’s sleep is hard to get

201

The surgeon general wants to talk to you about mental health

202

PBM reform effort intensifies on Capitol Hill

203

CDC heads to Ohio

204

The nursing home booster problem

205

FDA advisers recommend over-the-counter naloxone

206

What's new in psychedelics research

207

Making public the private equities associated with nursing homes

208

A step toward better data sharing

209

Contrarian scientists question Biden’s cancer moonshot

210

Could these new legal theories reverse abortion bans?

211

Court could ban abortion pills nationwide

212

Teen drug deaths lead California schools to stock overdose reversal drug

213

Former FDA chief David Kessler reflects on Covid

214

More regulation could be coming for cannabis

215

FTC cracks down on GoodRx

216

Deciding the fate of millions on Medicaid

217

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

218

Lobbyists quake as Sanders takes Senate panel's helm

219

The start of the FDA's pivot in immunization strategy

220

Inside Amazon's new prescription subscription

221

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

222

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

223

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

224

This is what’s keeping pharmacy shelves bare

225

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

226

Democratic Sen. Warner pushes for health cybersecurity legislation

227

The Biden admin's big plans for airplane toilets

228

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

229

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

230

What Maine’s prisons taught Washington about fighting opioids

231

Biden navigates the end of the Covid public health emergency

232

The fight over how to deliver bad news to patients

233

FDA approves second Alzheimer’s treatment

234

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

235

The latest on XBB.1.5

236

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

237

What's next on the AI front in health care

238

What we learned from the mpox outbreak

239

2023 state abortion battles: What to expect

240

Can Mark Cuban disrupt prescription drugs?

241

When Bernie Sanders gets the HELP committee gavel

242

The FDA's struggles on flavored e-cigs

243

Running the NDAA's numbers on global health funding

244

New data sheds more light on long Covid

245

States face brutal virus fallout

246

Competition is coming for a top drug

247

Who's the next Fred Upton?

248

Developing the RSV vaccine

249

Unlocking health data

250

Ex-FDA vaccine inspectors call for better training

251

Top pharma group seeks postmortem on lobbying after drug pricing loss

252

Elon Musk wants to put a chip in your brain

253

The states making another run at expanding Medicaid in 2023

254

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

255

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

256

The challenges of long Covid and federal disability policies

257

Using environmental laws to curb abortions

258

Long Covid’s funding shortfall

259

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

260

Why venture capital for health technology startups is tanking

261

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

262

For Congress, health privacy is top of mind

263

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

264

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

265

How a potentially divided government would affect health policy

266

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

267

How motivating were abortion rights in the midterms?

268

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

269

The races that will shape abortion access in the states

270

A new Congressional report linking cybersecurity to health security

271

Why opioid treatment providers are very, very worried about fentanyl

272

Experts pinpoint problems with the FDA's tobacco program

273

RSV surge casts focus on vaccine pipeline

274

BIO leadership shakeup followed clashes with board

275

What we learned from the MedTech conference

276

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

277

Medical debt on the ballot in Arizona

278

The epidemics we stopped

279

What we can learn about experiments in remote care

280

Biden's bivalent booster scramble

281

Inside Biden's new pandemic preparedness and biodefense strategy

282

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

283

Congress is primed for action on mental health

284

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

285

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

286

Doctors campaign for their candidates?

287

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

288

Abortion services continue to dwindle post-Roe

289

Should these opioids be schedule 1 drugs?

290

How the staggering nursing shortage might end

291

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

292

The war against superbugs

293

Abortion bans complicate prescriptions for other drugs

294

The fallout from Biden going off script on the pandemic

295

New CDC data shows STD rates shot up in 2021

296

Monkeypox vaccine unknowns

297

Omicron booster shots could soon be on their way

298

FDA reviews first-ever OTC birth control application

299

FDA adds more advisors after a spring of stumbles

300

The state lawmakers at the center of abortion rights

301

Patients could lose telehealth options for addiction treatment

302

Global abortion-rights advocates brace for impact from Roe

303

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

304

Vaccine injury compensation programs overwhelmed while Congress stalls

305

Getting the risk messaging right on monkeypox

306

Ghana's covid vaccination campaign

307

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

308

Bringing clinical trials into the 21st century

309

Menthol cigs face an FDA ban

310

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

311

Insulin, a poster child for unaffordable drugs

312

Amazon's big moves in the telehealth space

313

The puzzling case of hospitals and N95s

314

White House warns free Covid treatments at risk

315

CDC relaxes guidelines and Biden’s new covid plans

316

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

317

Finding another $30 billion for Covid aid

318

Medicaid staring down end-of-pandemic deadline

319

Pfizer asks FDA to authorize Covid shot for kids under 5

320

The newest pandemic wedge issue: Sotrovimab

321

Why the Biden administration is finally ramping up tests and masks

322

'Confusion and frustration': Congress on the CDC

323

CDC doubles down on December guidance

324

Califf a likely confirmation for FDA

325

Democrats' fight over prescription drug prices

326

Where Novavax went wrong

327

Get ready for more boosters

328

What vaccine mandates look like in reality

329

School vaccine mandates are being put to the test

330

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

331

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

332

Who will the vaccine mandate affect?

333

A new testing push

334

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

335

Becerra takes back seat on Covid

336

DeSantis' transformation on vaccinations

337

Could pandemic programs provide a path to ending hunger?

338

Immunity: making sense of the data

339

New variant, same story

340

How America failed at reporting Covid data

341

What we know about kids and Covid

342

What we know about vaccines and variants right now

343

What to know about the new mask guidance

344

How Covid upended the workforce

345

Japan's Olympic gamble

346

In Chicago, Biden's vax plan crashes into reality

347

What to know about the Delta variant

348

Why we're gonna miss our vaccine goal

349

A political and legislative boost for anti-vaxxers

350

Can the G7 deliver on vaccines?

351

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

352

The future of transit after Covid

353

How do we boost vaccination rates?

354

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

355

The problem with health data

356

Which wizard is your vaccine?

357

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez

358

Let's talk about testing

359

What we can learn from Emergent's Covid vaccine mishap

360

Why cases are rising and what we can do about it

361

The AstraZeneCatasrophe continues

362

The AstraZeneCatastrophe

363

To vaccine passport, or not to vaccine passport?

364

The road back to normalcy

365

Vaccines: The new global currency?

366

Lessons from the front lines of the vaccine effort

367

Europe's sloppy vaccine rollout

368

Reopening schools: A messy report card

369

New president. Same pandemic.

370

Goodbye, Dan Diamond

371

What a Democratic Senate means for Covid

372

The vaccines are here!

373

Introducing ... The Biden Health Team

374

The President, the President-Elect, and the Pandemic

375

The angel or the devil?

376

Your questions about the Covid vaccine, answered

377

Did Covid even matter for the election?

378

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

379

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

380

A global pandemic. A scattered response.

381

The Most Dramatic Episode of Pulse Check...EVER

382

A $300 million ad blitz from HHS

383

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

384

Caputo out.

385

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

386

Will Covid define the election?

387

Leader of the Task Force

388

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

389

A new VP candidate with old healthcare baggage

390

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

391

Groundhog Day, Hydroxychloroquine-Style

392

Is telehealth here to stay?

393

The health department's $5M soap opera

394

Coronavirus: 6 months in, 6 months out

395

Bolton, China and Coronavirus

396

Operation Vaccine: Warp Speed Ahead?

397

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

398

Coronavirus is a magnifying glass on racial inequity

399

Coronavirus: A grim milestone

400

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

401

Coronavirus: Rick Bright's explosive whistleblower claim

402

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

403

Coronavirus: The rocky road at HHS

404

Coronavirus: Why Surgeon General Jerome Adams was sidelined

405

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

406

Coronavirus: Trump versus his health officials

407

Coronavirus: Behind-the-scenes on the pandemic playbook

408

Coronavirus: One-on-one with Scott Gottlieb

409

Coronavirus: Over by Easter? Not likely.

410

Coronavirus: Inside Trump's response

411

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

412

The Wuhan coronavirus: Understanding the threat and government response

413

Did Trump just solve the vaping crisis?

414

Six things missing in the Medicare-for-All debate

415

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

416

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

417

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

418

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

419

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

420

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

421

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

422

Ebola, flu — and mudslides?

423

The fight to fix organ donation, with Greg Segal

424

Meet John Marty — the "Bernie Sanders of Minnesota"

425

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

426

One-on-one with Adam Boehler

427

Is this the next big change to Medicaid?

428

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

429

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

430

Gun violence is more than a "mental health crisis"

431

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

432

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

433

The race for AI supremacy

434

Understanding Trump's kidney plan, plus an ACA update

435

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

436

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

437

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

438

Keeping new moms alive, with Katy Kozhimannil

439

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

440

Roundup: CBD and marijuana, plus 2020 policy fights

441

Meet the congresswoman behind Democrats' new health care package

442

On Uwe Reinhardt's new book and lasting legacy

443

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

444

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

445

'Historic' payment pilots and Ariadne Labs' Asaf Bitton

446

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

447

Tony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor

448

Rep. Joe Kennedy on defending Medicaid in the Trump era

449

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

450

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

451

Can we trust Trump on HIV?

452

The Scott Gottlieb era is (almost) over

453

Meet the industry group fighting Medicare for All

454

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

455

How a top Democrat is approaching this year's investigations

456

Planned Parenthood's Leana Wen

457

Sen. Chuck Grassley

458

Ashish Jha on hospital readmissions and global health

459

Sarah Kliff on hospital billing and policy journalism

460

Inside HHS: A former official defends crisis response

461

What's ahead for health care in 2019

462

Bonus: Unpacking the government shutdown

463

Maryland AG Brian Frosh on his fight to save Obamacare

464

Surgeon General Jerome Adams

465

HealthCare.Glum? The latest on the ACA

466

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

467

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

468

Dan Barber wants you to stop throwing away food

469

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

470

Midterms recap: What happens now

471

How to watch health care in the election

472

Meet the woman leading the nation's war on addiction

473

Peter Orszag and news roundup

474

Why one nurse is running for Congress

475

Sponsored content: Setting the record straight on Medicaid

476

Pulse Check at Work: Health coach

477

Pulse Check at Work: Data scientist

478

Pulse Check at Work: Radiologist

479

Pulse Check at Work: Home health aide

480

Brett Kavanaugh, ACA court hearings take center stage

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The lawyers trying to prove Trump sabotaged the ACA

482

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

483

Defending vaccines, with Paul Offit

484

Don Rucker wants to set health data free

485

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

486

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

487

The abortion fight, from then to now

488

MD Anderson's Ron DePinho on fighting brain cancer

489

What Brett Kavanaugh means for health care

490

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

491

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

492

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

493

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

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The rise of JUUL, with Tevi Troy

495

Sen. Bill Cassidy

496

Is Trump winning the war on abortion?

497

HHS Secretary Alex Azar

498

Trump's drug plan, explained

499

Building a better safety net with Veenu Aulakh

500

Talking Walmart, UnitedHealth, Amazon and more with John Gorman

501

Why Obama's Datapalooza is still thriving under Trump

502

Meet America’s next top insurance lobbyist

503

The (possible) Medicaid expansion next door

504

The new watchdogs trying to hold Trump accountable

505

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

506

Inside the White House with Paul Winfree

507

Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson

508

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

509

Why Seattle's health director is suing HHS

510

Religious freedom in health care and news roundup

511

Sam Quinones, author of 'Dreamland'

512

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

513

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

514

Karen DeSalvo and mini-news roundup

515

Live from JPM: Venture capitalist Bob Kocher

516

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

517

BONUS: Ady Barkan, activist and ALS patient

518

Roundup: ACA enrollment, Doug Jones and Tina Smith

519

Roundup: Budget battles and mega-mergers

520

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

521

Jeff Goldsmith on predicting health care's future

522

Roundup: Taxes and Mayo Clinic, ACA myths and Uwe

523

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

524

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

525

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

526

Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and news roundup

527

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

528

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

529

Ben Wikler: ‘The Resistance’ isn’t futile

530

NYC health commissioner Mary Bassett and Chicago health commissioner Julie Morita

531

Dead bill walking?

532

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

533

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

534

The turning points to watch this week

535

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

536

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

537

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

538

Jonathan Bush on what everyone gets wrong about health care

539

‘Only 23 million more uninsured’

540

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

541

Jon Favreau and Rick Wilson on bad bills and worse messaging

542

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

543

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

544

How Obamacare marketplaces are dealing with the zombie repeal bill

545

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

546

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

547

Bonus roundup: The short life and quick death of AHCA

548

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

549

News roundup: The GOP health bill and where Congress stands

550

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

551

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

552

Obamacare: Where two insiders think the GOP goes from here

553

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

554

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

555

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

556

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

557

Harvard's global health leader on making America even greater

558

News roundup: Week 1 of the Trump administration

559

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

560

Begun, the Trump health agenda has

561

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

562

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

563

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

564

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

565

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

566

Sketching out Trumpcare and saving Obamacare

567

The Trump era: Where health care goes from here

568

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

569

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

570

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

571

Andy Slavitt on MACRA, Minnesota and more

572

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

573

Health Affairs editor Alan Weil on shaping the policy debate

574

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

575

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

576

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

577

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

578

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

579

Lanhee Chen on coming to terms with the rise of Trump

580

Kate Baicker on busting Obamacare myths

581

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

582

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

583

Why the Part B fight is roiling Washington

584

Peter Hotez on how Zika is America's next disaster

585

Karen DeSalvo on how data will transform health care

586

Tom Frieden on Zika's unprecedented threat

587

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

588

Chip Kahn on Harry, Louise – and Hillary

589

Farzad Mostashari on how government really works

590

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

591

Coming soon: POLITICO's Pulse Check