Republicans know they are playing with fire by makingsignificant changes to Medicaid. Now GOP senators are eyeing Medicare as well.
Why it matters: Medicare is part of the third rail of politics. Still, some GOP senators think they can find billions in savings without paying a political price.
Assaults against health care workers are costing hospitals upward of $18 billion a year in added security, training, workers compensation and other expenses, including treating victims, according to a new industry report.
Why it matters: Attacks by patients and visitors in hospitals and clinics already were a problem before the pandemic and got worse with backlash against public health measures.
Confusion over shifting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 vaccine recommendations are reigniting questions in the public health community over who's running the agency.
President Trump directed administration officials to investigate former President Biden's use of autopen to sign documents in a Wednesday evening order that raised doubts about his predecessor's cognitive state.
The big picture: The probe into "whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden's mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of the President" comes as House Republicans threaten to subpoena Biden aides over the former president's mental fitness.
Former President Biden pushed back on Wednesday night on President Trump's announcement of an investigation into his presidential actions and autopen use that alleged his staff may have covered up a "cognitive decline."
What they're saying: "Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations," Biden said in a statement shared with outlets including Axios. "Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false."
During a trip to Poland, Attorney General Pam Bondi helped ensure the expulsion of a suspect charged Wednesday in a deadly car bomb attack on a California fertility clinic, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The May 18 car-bombing of the clinic, which killed the chief suspect, was one of the highest-profile attacks yet by what authorities say is a rising movement of people opposed to in-vitro fertilization clinics.
Colorado became the first state to offer extended paid family leave to parents with infants in the neonatal intensive care units after Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed the policy into law on Friday.
Why it matters: Parents will be able to take up to 12 extra weeks while their infants are in the NICU, where parental engagement has been linked to better developmental outcomes.
The cost of covering a family of four through workplace insurance now exceeds $35,000 — nearly triple what it cost 20 years ago as annual growth in health costs have far outpaced wages.
The big picture: Growing pharmacy and outpatient facility costs drove most of the increase, which includes employee and employer shares,according to the 2025 Milliman Medical Index.
Cities with row homes are among my favorite in the U.S. Looking at you, D.C., Philly and Brooklyn.
The big picture: A key part of those cities is their stoop culture: the art of sitting outside, observing the street scene — and chatting with passersby, who might eventually go from strangers to friends.
Wildfires in Canada have forced thousands of residents to evacuate in three provinces, impacting air quality in the U.S. — and smoke from the deadly fires has even blown across the Atlantic and reached parts of Europe.
The big picture: The fires that killed two people in Manitoba have been hitting air quality across the country and into the U.S. for days, with the latest alerts affecting Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Michigan on Tuesday.
