The Trump administration will soon make it easier for federally funded adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples, Axios' Sam Baker and Jonathan Swan reported on Friday.
The big picture: In just 2 years, the Trump administration has worked to undo a major chunk of the protections the LGBTQ community secured under President Obama.
The FDA has approved Zolgensma, a gene replacement therapy from pharmaceutical company Novartis that treats spinal muscular atrophy, for use in children younger than 2.
Why it matters: The treatment attacks a debilitating genetic disease that often kills infants, and it will come with a price tag of more than $2.1 million, making Zolgensma the most expensive drug on the planet.
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed rolling back protections for transgender people established under the Affordable Care Act on Friday.
Why it matters: It would reverse Obama-era protections that added "gender identity" to the definition of discrimination "on the basis of sex." These rollbacks could make it easier for doctors, hospitals and insurance companies to deny transgender people health coverage.
A new Senate bill would tackle an array of health industry tactics that are costing patients a lot of money, but have largely fallen under politicians' radar until now.
The big picture: This is one of the most ambitious bipartisan health care bills in a long time.
