White House To Voters: We’re Fixing Health Care With Doc-Focused Strategy
Heading toward the midterm elections, the Trump administration will argue that its agenda is addressing issues including too few physicians and too much paperwork, The Washington Post reported. But critics have pointed to other administration policies, including the significant reductions to Medicaid funding, as harmful.
The White House will make the case Monday to Congress — and to voters — that it has developed a strategy to address frequent frustrations involving U.S. medical care, such as too few physicians and too much paperwork. The Trump administration casts its physician-focused agenda as a fix for a strained health care system — pointing to a $50 billion funding program for rural health it contends will boost the number of doctors in remote areas, efforts to reduce payment distortions that favor hospitals rather than doctors, and regulatory changes intended to speed insurance approvals for tests and follow-up care. (Diamond, 4/13)
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Republicans in Congress are trying to attract more people to direct-to-consumer drug purchases on platforms like TrumpRx by requiring insurers to count that spending toward patients' deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. Paying cash for drugs has limited appeal for insured patients, in part because it doesn't help them get to the point where insurance picks up a bigger portion of their health costs. (Goldman, 4/14)
Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-California) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) separately announced plans to depart from Congress on Monday ahead of possible expulsion votes related to allegations of sexual misconduct. ... The departures of Swalwell and Gonzales — one Democrat and one Republican — would mean the Republicans’ narrow majority in the House remains unchanged if they leave the chamber at the same time. (Alfaro and Wang, 4/13)
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The FDA said it reminded more than 2,000 pharmaceutical companies and researchers about legal requirements to publish clinical trial data, warning that a publication preference for positive trials could be skewing the available evidence on therapies. (Ingram, 4/13)
Federal regulators have cited three contractors, including one owned by a campaign donor to President Donald Trump, for safety violations stemming from the death of a worker helping build a major immigration detention center last year. Violations deemed serious by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration were found in its investigation into the July 21, 2025, death of Hector Gonzalez, 38, who was crushed by falling materials in a construction accident as contractors raced to build Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. (Foley, 4/13)
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States Change Custody Laws To Keep Children Of Detained Immigrants Out Of Foster Care
As immigration authorities carry out what President Donald Trump has promised will be the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to keep children out of foster care when their detained parents have no family or friends available to take temporary custody of them. The federal government doesn’t track how many children have entered foster care because of immigration enforcement actions, leaving it unclear how often it happens. In Oregon, as of February two children had been placed in foster care after being separated from their parents in immigration detention cases, according to Jake Sunderland, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Human Services. (Orozco Rodriguez, 4/14)
