💊🏛️ @NBCNews Medical Reporter covering FDA, drug pricing and health care
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Jun 12
NEW: As nicotine pouches like Zyn surge in popularity, manufacturers are introducing increasingly potent products, raising concerns among some public health experts and anti-tobacco advocates about addiction and other health risks.
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Nothing was certain when I came to California to start KFF with little more than an idea. Now 37 years later, @KFF is at the height of its effectiveness, and I have the perfect opportunity, thanks to our board, to hand over leadership to Larry Levitt and Molly Brodie next year.
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May 15
Scoop: Democratic think tank @SearchlightInst is pushing the party to embrace a new idea: Free primary care for all Americans.
The group wants Dems to rethink their approach to health care and break out of the M4A vs ACA rut. They’re unimpressed with CAP’s proposal and warn that Dems need to have a vision beyond opposing Trump and restoring expired subsidies.
“This is still our best issue, but we have not been on offense in a way that’s capturing people’s imaginations and getting them excited,” says @AJentleson. “We don’t need to be on defense or just advocating for incremental reforms.”
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Hospital CEOs came under criticism at a House hearing, with lawmakers accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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Apr 28
New tidbit from @FDA press conference on real-time trials: Mallika Mundkur is now acting chief medical and scientific officer -- two hats previously worn by outgoing CBER Director Vinay Prasad.
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Most Alzheimer’s blood tests work by measuring levels of proteins that build up in the brain and are thought to play key roles in the disease. But it’s still an ongoing debate how well the tests can predict who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, doctors say. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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Apr 23
NEW - The FDA approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss.
The drugmaker said it will offer the drug for **free** to U.S. patients.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., clashed with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon, criticizing the secretary over his vaccine policy and abortion medications and debunking a scientific study.
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Apr 10
NEW - New rules approved by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could blunt the impact of a federal judge’s order freezing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee and putting many of its decisions on hold, experts say.
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Apr 8
New: the nation’s top drug lobbyist is stepping down.
STEVE UBL is moving on from PhRMA after a decade-plus, he told The Post in an interview.
Ubl's organization has been battling with Trump on his drug-price plans.
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Abbvie put Humira on TrumpRx even though two biosimilar competitors are already on the site. Humira costs $950 via TrumpRx but the biosimilar competitors start at $207 to $299 via the site and never get to nearly as high a price point as the brand.
How does this help patients?
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Mar 31
New: Trump's surgeon general nominee has stalled.
White House is telling the Senate to move on Casey Means, whose hearing was over a month ago.
Will she get a vote? When?
"No comment on Casey," says HELP Chair Bill Cassidy.
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Mar 20
Exclusive: The White House adds three drugs for diabetes and lung disease to the self-pay platform TrumpRx, as the administration works to expand the site as part of its push to lower drug prices.
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Reliable sources within HHS and the CDC confirm to NBC News that this is inaccurate.
Mar 19
ACIP has been disbanded.
The government’s response to the AAP lawsuit and judge Murphey’s injunction is to disband and then recreate a new ACIP committee, as this will take less time than would be required to file and prosecute an appeal. There will be no action from the government to respond to the defamatory characterization of the former ACIP members.
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Mar 18
NEW: đź’ŠTrumpRx isn't doing much for drug prices. What would it take to change that?
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About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a poll from West Health-Gallup. nbcnews.com/health/health-ca…
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NEW: In a phone interview, Dr. Mehmet Oz told me Obamacare enrollment may be “too high” and predicts it could fall to around 19 million, arguing some people in ACA plans shouldn’t be enrolled.
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Jan 13
ACA premiums have officially gone up this month with the tax credits expired. Many people are moving toward low-premium plans with high deductibles and less coverage. Overall sign-ups are down more than 800,000 compared to last year. From @BerkeleyJr: nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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11 Dec 2025
NEW: More people appear to be walking away from Obamacare coverage or switching to cheaper plans for 2026 compared to this time last year, according to early enrollment data from several states.
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Bronze plans are up about 5% compared to this time last year, said Pat Kelly of Your Health Idaho. Most of that shift — about 4.5 percentage points — is coming from silver plans, and 1 percentage point is coming from gold.
“That increase in bronze is a strong indicator of affordability concerns.”
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