If the litigation brought by St. Luke’s is not successful, women in six states will continue to be unable to access abortion care in their states when they have a pregnancy-related emergency that puts their health at risk. … more

Eliminating [HIV prevention funding] could jeopardize recent successes in addressing the nation’s HIV epidemic, including those related to the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative, which the first Trump administration created … more

The CBO letter confirms early expectations, finding that over the next 10 years, 93% of non-Medicare spending in the E&C [House Energy & Commerce Committee] jurisdiction is from the federal share of Medicaid spending…Even if E&C eliminated all non-Medicaid and CHIP spending, the committee would need to cut federal spending on Medicaid and CHIP by well over $700 billion, nearly 10% of projected spending. … more

How these new workforce reductions at the Social Security Administration will affect people is unknown but could make it harder for people to get connected to benefits they might qualify for…which would in turn affect access to health insurance coverage through Medicare and Medicaid. … more

Given the current trends and embrace of vaccine skepticism on the part of the administration, and potential changes to federal policy around childhood vaccines, we might continue to witness more and longer outbreaks of preventable disease — and just maybe lose our measles elimination status, which as a country we’ve had for 25 years. … more

This week marked what may be the final death knell for USAID and for much of the U.S. government’s decades-long investment in global health and development, an unparalleled effort that has helped to save millions of lives around the world. … more