Congress

Politics Helen Branswell, Rachel Cohrs and Damian Garde

STAT Plus: 8 burning questions Bernie Sanders and other senators should ask Moderna’s Stéphane Bancel

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Senator calls for probe of conflict of interest on federal panel overseeing dietary guidelines

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Hospitals are not crumbling, Medicare experts tell Congress

Biotech Bob Herman and Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Moderna CEO made $398 million in 2022, but still pledges to give most to charity

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Biden administration requests $20 billion cash infusion to bolster public health

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Biden makes drug pricing a central part of his deficit reduction plans

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Insulin for $20 a vial? Sanders pushes bill for price caps on the diabetes treatment

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: With an $11 billion price tag, the White House pitches a plan to end hepatitis C

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla maxed out campaign contributions to Dr. Oz ahead of midterm elections

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Medicare chief on the new drug price negotiation program’s operations, hiring, and timelines

Politics Sarah Owermohle

Revamped Covid panel argues for research limits, even bans

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Biden proposes expanding Medicare drug negotiation program

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: HHS has an environmental justice office. What’s it doing after East Palestine derailment?

First Opinion John Stanford

Congress must fix the IRA’s small molecule penalty

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: By cutting insulin prices, Eli Lilly avoids paying big Medicaid rebates

Insurance John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: The other way the government is privatizing Medicare

Politics Avani Kalra — Medill News Service

STAT Plus: How policymakers could tweak HIPAA to better protect abortion records

Hospitals John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Government antitrust officials consider letting physician-owned hospitals expand

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Lawmakers urge U.S. patent office to scrutinize Merck over ‘abuse’ of the system

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Republicans are using the FTC’s Lina Khan as an excuse for opposing drug pricing bills

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Key Senate committee takes first step toward tackling health workforce shortages

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Can food be medicine? Will insurers cover it? And other big questions about a new health movement

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Doctors’ top lobbyist in Washington on Medicare money, burnout, and private equity

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Sen. Tammy Baldwin criticizes Ascension’s for-profit investment activities, requests returns and fees info

Hospitals Bob Herman

Patients still have no protection against surprise ambulance bills. And there’s no solution in sight