President Trump's health care agenda is making more enemies than friends, hitting brick walls and fierce opposition in the courts, in Congress and even within his own administration.
Driving the news: Yesterday was a bad day for two of Trump's biggest health care priorities.
The big picture: These are different kinds of setbacks, and there's still a long way to go in all of these legal proceedings. But together, the crosswinds — the political resistance on one side and substantive losses on the other — leave Trump's agenda in a precarious place.
This will keep happening. The administration appears close to finalizing the part of its drug-pricing plan that calls for including drugs' sticker prices in their TV ads. The pharmaceutical industry will likely challenge that proposal in court.
Go deeper: Kevin McCarthy tells Trump new health care push makes no sense
A federal judge struck down Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas, saying they contradict Medicaid's legally defined purpose as a health care program.
Why it matters: Approving Medicaid work requirements is the most significant change the Trump administration has made so far in health policy, and the new rules have already shrunk Medicaid enrollment — by 18,000 people in Arkansas alone. But they may not last.
