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Jul 11 2022
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Biden says hospitals must provide abortions in emergencies despite state law
The Biden administration said Monday that hospitals must ensure patients can receive abortions when deemed medically necessary in emergency situations in spite of bans in many states on the procedure in most cases.
The Department of Health and Human Services said a federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, stipulates that physicians must perform an abortion in
Washington Examiner
Aug 19 2022
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U.S. Plans to Shift Bill for Covid Shots and Treatments to Insurers, Patients
The Biden administration is planning for an end to its practice of paying for Covid-19 shots and treatments, shifting more control of pricing and coverage to the healthcare industry in ways that could generate sales for companies—and costs for consumers—for years to come.
The Department of Health and Human Services intends to hold a planning session on Aug. 30 that would bring together
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 08 2022
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Biden Signs Executive Order To Address Access To Abortion
President Joe Biden signed a new executive order addressing Americans’ access to abortion on Friday, two weeks after the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc voted to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
The White House said Biden will use his executive authority to defend reproductive rights within various federal agencies, but stressed Congress had the ultimate power to codify
HuffPost
Aug 13 2022
Analysis
Passage of Inflation Reduction Act gives Medicare historic new powers over drug prices
Medicare is poised to renegotiate the prices of some of its most expensive drugs through a historic expansion of its power, which could reduce costs for many seniors as well as federal spending on its prescription drug plan.
The changes are tucked inside a massive spending-and-tax bill in Congress that includes $433 billion in investments in health-care and clean energy. House Democrats
CNBC
Apr 05 2022
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Biden Admin Cuts Off 14 More States From COVID-19 Treatment as BA.2 Variant Spreads
President Joe Biden’s administration has ordered 14 additional states to stop using a COVID-19 treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on March 30 that it has paused shipments of the drug sotrovimab to the states, bringing the total number of states that are no longer receiving doses to 22.
The states are
The Epoch Times
Jul 08 2022
News
U.S. To Roll Out 144,000 Additional Doses Of Monkeypox Vaccine To Fight Outbreak
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is rolling out an additional 144,000 doses of a monkeypox vaccine in an effort to curb the outbreak as cases continue to rise.
Those additional JYNNEOS vaccine shots will begin shipping across the country on July 11 from the Strategic National Stockpile, according the agency. HHS and the Centers for Disease Control and
HuffPost
Jun 26 2021
News
U.S. officials probing conditions faced by migrant children held at Fort Bliss army base
The Biden administration is investigating conditions faced by hundreds of migrant children held by the U.S. government at a military installation in Texas, White House officials said Friday.
Symone Sanders, a spokesperson for the vice president, told reporters that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris instructed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to
CBS News (Online)
Jul 08 2022
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Clinic Funded By Biden Administration Distributes Crack Pipes To Addicts Outside A ‘School’
A “harm reduction” clinic that received grant funding from President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is distributing crack pipes to addicts in New York City, the Daily Caller confirmed Wednesday.
New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE), a part of OnPointNYC, was awarded nearly $400,000 in grant money from the Biden administration in May to further its
The Daily Caller
May 10 2021
News
Biden administration restores transgender health protections, reversing Trump policy
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care.
The action by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health
CBS News (Online)
Jan 31 2022
News
White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra’s handling of pandemic
White House officials have grown so frustrated with top health official Xavier Becerra as the pandemic rages on that they have openly mused about who might be better in the job, although political considerations have stopped them from taking steps to replace him, officials involved in the discussions said.
Top White House officials have had an uneasy relationship with Becerra, the
Washington Post