Trump Health Appointee Suggested Obese People Pay More Health Insurance

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggested obese people should pay higher health insurance premiums, Newsweek can reveal. Jay Bhattacharya, a ... Read More

Fox News ignores the projection that nearly 11 million people will lose ...

Fox News host Laura Ingraham glossed over the possibility that millions of people might lose health insurance, suggesting that those who could be kicked off Medicaid are “stay-at-home sons.” ... Read More

Trump's executive orders on health care reverse many of Biden's ... - NPR

Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care this week. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Biden's moves, the orders will have little immediate impact. Read More

Millions at risk of losing health insurance after Trump's victory

Millions of Americans risk losing subsidies next year that help them pay for health insurance following President-elect Donald Trump’s election win and Republicans’ victory in the Senate. Read More

Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity ...

Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid. Read More

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits ...

President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical, health and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a ... Read More

Health care firms seek delay on Trump's Affordable Care Act rule - STAT

Hospitals, health insurers, and insurance agents are asking President Trump to pump the brakes on a regulation that would lead to potentially millions of people losing their health insurance. Read More

Morning Rounds: Jay Bhattacharya, Medicaid cuts, obesity in 2050

Today's health news covers Trump's pick to lead the NIH, the cervical cancer rural-urban divide, and Marty Makary's financial ties. Read More

Trump Health Appointee Suggested Obese People Pay More Health Insurance ...

Physician and economist Jay Bhattacharya has been selected by Donald Trump to lead the National Institutes of Health. Read More