Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Senate Democrats asked the Trump administration about its practices on abortion and contraception regarding minors who are in the country illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats question Trump administration about ‘Jane Doe’ abortion case

Kimberly Leonard · November 10, 2017 6:29 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos actually travels in her own private jet and at her own expense. Amazingly enough, her to-date travel expenses submitted for reimbursement amount to a mere $184. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

Newsweek lumps Betsy DeVos with other shady Trump Cabinet figures, doesn’t explain why

Becket Adams · November 7, 2017 1:00 pm

The Trump administration will provide $10 million to Mathematica Policy Research and RTI International, which are nonpartisan research firms, so they can research on abstinence and assess why the rate of pregnancies among teens has dropped while the spread of some sexually transmitted diseases has increased. (iStock)

Trump administration to fund research on teen pregnancy prevention

Kimberly Leonard · November 3, 2017 6:30 pm

If the government wants to line the pockets of insurance companies with taxpayer dollars, Congress needs to appropriate it. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Healthcare premiums keep rising, but Trump’s actions will help

Nathan Nascimento · November 2, 2017 10:02 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the waiver would allow "thousands more" in the state receive access to treatment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration announces opioid waivers for states

Kimberly Leonard · November 1, 2017 7:00 pm

The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

7 things to know about Trump’s first Obamacare open enrollment

Kimberly Leonard · November 1, 2017 4:01 am

GAO called on HHS to establish performance goals for expanding access to treatment centers and create timeframes for evaluating those efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Watchdog: HHS needs more oversight on opioid epidemic goals

Robert King · October 31, 2017 3:50 pm

A report on federal assistance for addiction medications was released two days after President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, but did not add any new money to combatting the epidemic that kills 91 Americans a day. (iStock)

Federal money to fight opioid crisis may be going to wrong places, new report says

Robert King · October 28, 2017 4:00 pm

Sylvia Burwell praised the deal, which has yet to win support from the president and key Republican leaders. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Obama’s HHS secretary praises bipartisan Obamacare deal

Robert King · October 27, 2017 3:47 pm

President Trump on Thursday will declare a public health emergency over the opioid epidemic. Trump will direct other agencies to "reduce the death and devastation by the opioid epidemic," according to a senior administration official. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump will declare opioid epidemic a public health emergency

Kimberly Leonard · October 26, 2017 12:28 pm

Beginning Wednesday morning, customers who buy Obamacare plans can "window shop" on healthcare.gov, meaning they can see what plans will be available to them and how much they will cost. Customers who are in an Obamacare plan this year will be re-enrolled into the same plan or a similar plan if they don't pick another one by Dec. 15, the deadline to shop for coverage. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After failing to undo the law, Trump administration rolls out Obamacare 2018

Kimberly Leonard · October 25, 2017 3:18 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a pen he used to sign one of various bills in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in on March 27. From left are, Sen. Tom Barrasso, R-Wyo., Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Trump the deregulator

adam-gustafson · October 23, 2017 4:01 am