Telehealth, HIPAA, Health IT, AI Webpages Removed Following Trump DEI, Gender EOs

Federal digital health webpages -- including ones discussing the Biden administration’s finalized HIPAA reproductive health protections, telehealth’s role in alleviating health disparities and mitigating artificial intelligence bias -- were among resources axed following President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and so-called “gender ideology” efforts, an Inside TeleHealth review found. HHS and FDA did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication. Inside TeleHealth found some mentions of health equity and...
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Experts: Tariffs, Workforce Cuts Could Derail States’ Drug Import Plans

Several states submitted plans to FDA last year to import drugs from Canada in hopes of easing the ongoing drug shortage crisis, but industry experts tell Inside Health Policy that a possible 25% tariff on Canadian imports as well as President Donald Trump’s push to shrink the federal workforce would diminish the already slim chances of the plans moving forward. “Drug importation was already dead on arrival. A tariff on imports from Canada would just be a nail in...
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Ways & Means To Focus On Chronic Disease, HSA Expansions At Tuesday Hearing

House Ways & Means health subcommittee Chair Vern Buchanan (R-FL) will promote greater use of health savings accounts and legislation to solidify pre-deductible coverage of certain drugs and items used to manage chronic diseases at a Tuesday (Feb. 11) hearing on ways to promote healthy living, more health care options and flexibility, and better incentives for patients. Buchanan’s office says the hearing could be viewed as kicking off the panel’s efforts to advance the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda...
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Gottlieb: Industry Should Punt User Fee Talks, Seek 1-2 Year Deferral

AMELIA ISLAND, FL -- Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the generic drug industry and other FDA-regulated industries should aim to extend their current user fee agreements “past the current political environment” before they start negotiating reauthorization agreements, suggesting they pitch one-to-two-year extensions as budget payfors. Speaking at the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) conference last week, Gottlieb said his recommendation to industry leaders is to push for legislation to be added to the upcoming reconciliation bill that will extend...
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Judge Says OMB Defying Funding Order, Demands NIH Funds Released

A federal judge in Rhode Island has issued an order demanding that the Trump administration comply with his earlier order to stop the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from withholding federal funds, instructing the office to immediate resume funding included in the scope of a temporary restraining order issued against the policy, including money for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The case is one of several in which the Trump administration’s compliance with a federal court...
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Budget Expert: ACA Tax Credits Would Be Absorbed Into Baseline Under ‘Current Policy’ Assumptions

If Republicans choose to use the “current policy” Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline to presume the 2017 tax cuts continue for the next decade instead of expiring in December, which eliminates the need to offset that spending, it would similarly extend the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits that have the same expiration date, Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Vice President G. William Hoagland told Inside Health Policy . Using a “current policy” baseline differs from using “current law” as it...
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Wyden, Schumer: Senate Budget Resolution Puts Health Care In Crosshairs

Senate Republicans’ budget resolution introduced Friday (Feb. 7) requires the Senate Finance Committee to produce at least $1 billion in savings, but not the House Ways & Means Committee, a move that key Senate Democrats see as evidence that the GOP is looking to cut from health care programs. All other committees with jurisdiction over health care are also instructed to find at least $1 billion in offsets. “The way this is written means only one thing: Republicans have their...
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FDA Workers Verbally Mandated To Return To Office, Might Avoid Opposing Decisions For Fear Of Reprisal

FDA supervisors were directed to only verbally tell their employees Thursday (Feb. 6) they must work in person five days a week beginning in March and not put the messages in writing amid the growing chaos surrounding the Trump administration’s efforts to dramatically downsize federal agencies and scrub regulatory policies not in sync with the new president’s. Some employees are concerned those conditions could foreshadow FDA employees avoiding contradicting higher ups in the Trump administration who have different viewpoints. In...
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Health Care NGOs Brace For Impact As Admin Orders Funding Review

Health care nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) could see their funding cut dramatically following a new presidential directive which claims international organizations are “undermining the national interest.” President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday (Feb. 6) that directs agencies to review federal funding for NGOs, which must now align with the administration’s policies and priorities. Health care NGOs that receive U.S. support include the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Gavi the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), and various United Nations...
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