by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Congressional Democrats are having second thoughts about taking back unspent coronavirus funds as part of a debt limit deal, concerned that doing so could have serious consequences for myriad public health initiatives. House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 16, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
President Joe Biden on Monday nominated cancer specialist Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to become director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bertagnolli is a cancer surgeon and researcher who, last fall became the first female head of the NIH’s National Cancer...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 12, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
A key Senate panel advanced a package of bipartisan bills aimed at improving generic drug competition and reforming the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The bill would prohibit a PBM practice known as “spread pricing,” or charging health plans...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The White House isn’t quite ready to launch its new pandemic response office for a neat handoff at the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters Tuesday. Jha said White House officials are in the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 27, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Yesterday, House Republicans passed the debt ceiling bill, which pushes work requirements for millions receiving Medicaid and food stamps. The supporters of the bill see work requirements as serving two purposes, allowing reduced government spending while bolstering...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 12, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion-plus program to accelerate the development of new coronavirus vaccines and treatments, seeking to better protect against a still-mutating virus, as well as other coronaviruses that might threaten us in the future....
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