Nearly 11 million people will become uninsured if reconciliation bill passes as is, CBO report finds

At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policies
Rep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die”

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to defend the HHS fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, and faced criticism from several Democratic lawmakers on what they described as a lack of transparency and scientific rigor in the agency’s recent decisions.

June 27, 2025

Vol.51 No.25

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

House passes Trump’s spending bill, which now moves to the Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” this week which included drastic, $715 billion cuts to Medicaid that will result in at least 8.6 million people losing health insurance coverage, including cancer patients and survivors.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

National Breast Cancer Coalition issues a call to action on Medicaid, ACA cuts

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce budget reconciliation bill, which includes attacks on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage and fails to extend ACA tax credits, would increase the number of uninsured people by at least 13.7 million.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Health tracking poll reveals most Americans opposed to cuts to federal health agencies

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a tracking poll compiling data from the first 100 days of the Trump administration.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

Pushing for tax cuts, Trump threatens the federal workforce, Medicaid, and cancer research

The House Republicans have narrowly pushed through a FY25 budget resolution, setting off a tangle of life-and-death sequelae for access to health insurance through Medicaid and Obamacare, and through a second-order effect, biomedical research.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

By Paul Goldberg and Jacquelyn Cobb

Capitol Hill White House

Amid funding cuts and firings, cancer groups seek relief from judges, in Congress—and in the court of public opinion

As NCI employees and others at HHS were receiving notices of termination, national cancer organizations called on Congress “to restore stability to NIH.”

February 21, 2025

Vol.51 No.07

By Claire Marie Porter, Jacquelyn Cobb and Paul Goldberg

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At House hearing, Democrats clash with RFK Jr. over “radical obstruction of congressional oversight,” vaccine policies
Rep. Lori Trahan: “People are going to die”