Yale Cancer Center study: For Medicaid-covered patients with cancer, insurance does not always mean access

The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

“I don’t think any good cancer center director would be worth their weight in salt if they weren’t worried about something at night,” said Mark Evers, director of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Paul Goldberg and Katie Goldberg

Cancer Policy

Congress passes Trump’s megabill featuring historically steep Medicaid cuts

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping legislation that makes the biggest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

By Claire Marie Porter

Capitol Hill

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

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

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a report estimating the budgetary effects of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was passed in the House May 22.

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

Yale Cancer Center study: For Medicaid-covered patients with cancer, insurance does not always mean access

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The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

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