President Trump's 2027 budget proposes a $5 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health, setting up a showdown with Congress and patient advocacy groups over medical research funding.
Why it matters: The amount is a fraction of the nearly $20 billion cut the administration proposed for NIH last year, which Congress rejected. But it shows how the biomedical research institution remains a lightning rod for criticism from the right.
The idea of breaking up big health insurance companies has suddenly entered the political conversation, even if it faces long odds of ever actually happening.
Why it matters: Politicians across the ideological spectrum are increasingly convinced that those owning multiple parts of the health care system have a big role in making medical costs unaffordable.
