Democratic lawmakers and activists are highlighting a new Congressional Budget Office analysis that finds while Medicaid reform options floated by the GOP would cut the federal deficit by as much as $710 billion, they could result in up to 8.6 million people losing Medicaid coverage, and up to 3.9 million becoming uninsured, depending on the policy details, when states pull back on benefits, payment to provider and eligibility.

President Donald Trump unexpectedly replaced his initial pick of former Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat to serve as surgeon general with a new nominee, Casey Means, a controversial “Make America Healthy Again” influencer.

Vaccine experts are pushing back against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to radically shift policy by requiring placebo-controlled trials for all vaccines and potentially replace the Vaccine Adverse Events Report System (VAERS), with the recently established Vaccine Integrity Project publishing its first commentary from scientists on the topics.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and CMS on Wednesday launched their most ambitious data-sharing initiative yet -- granting NIH access to Medicare and Medicaid claims, electronic health records and even wearable device data, with promises the data will remain secure and confidential.