Rising health costs and expected fallout from President Trump's tax-and-spending law are casting a pall over major health insurers, who've been issuing a steady drip of grim financial forecasts over the past month.
Why it matters: Higher drug costs and increased demand for services including mental health care is squeezing health plans while the new law is expected to shrink the insured population, potentially leaving more sick people in the risk pool.
New Mexicans impacted by the Trinity Test are getting closer to receiving compensation after eight decades of health problems and rare cancers stemming from the world's first atomic explosion.
The big picture: President Trump's recently signed the "big, beautiful bill," which includes an extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and, for the first time, covers victims of the Trinity Test.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday said his department is immediately restricting undocumented immigrants' access to Head Start, community health centers and other federal benefits, as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.
The big picture: Undocumented immigrants are already prevented from accessing most federal benefits.
A small but growing number of employers are offering immigrants support in obtaining visas and green cards — especially those looking for physicians and surgeons, according to new data from jobs site Indeed.
Why it matters: Immigration plays a key role in filling jobs within industries facing labor shortages — with health care at the top of the list.
