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Politics Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Top Medicaid official says Republicans’ proposed reforms are ‘just plain bad policy’

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: RFK Jr. is exploring a plan to upend Medicare’s physician payments system

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Sarah Owermohle, Lev Facher, and Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Hospitals and insurers are optimistic Republicans will extend ACA subsidies

First Opinion Walter G. Johnson

STAT Plus: Congress must act now to protect the future of diagnostic tests

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Trump taps RFK Jr. to run HHS, nominating vaccine skeptic for nation’s top health role

D.C. Diagnosis John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: GOP senators, Biden officials ponder RFK Jr. and what Trump may do on health care

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang, John Wilkerson, and Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Moderate GOP senators: Don’t ask me about confirming RFK Jr.

Health John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: With GOP control of Congress, Trump has broad power to reshape health care

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Incoming Senate Majority Leader Thune hails from a state that relies on rural hospitals, telehealth

Politics Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA commissioner suggests RFK Jr. and Trump might compromise an agency ‘at peak performance’

Health Care Inc. Newsletter Bob Herman

STAT Plus: What a second Trump term means for hospitals, insurers, and Medicare

Business Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Bob Herman, and Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: What the Trump administration could mean for the health care industry, from hospitals to pharma

Politics STAT Staff

STAT Plus: What can Trump and RFK Jr. actually do on health care?

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Donald Trump returns to the presidency with big ambitions to shake up health care

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Six GOP lawmakers poised for power on health care as the Senate flips Republican

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Key senators propose using ‘site-neutral’ pay to boost rural hospitals

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

6 races to watch that could shape health care policy

First Opinion Logan Harper

Agricultural subsidies are killing Americans and fueling the climate crisis

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: D.C. Diagnosis: Why is Kamala Harris headed to Texas?

First Opinion Torie Bosch

STAT Plus: Four leading biopharma executives weigh the 2024 election

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: The key ballot measures and races to watch that could reshape health care

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: What’s on the docket for Congress post-election: Chinese biotech, Medicare payments, ACA subsidies

First Opinion Matthew Hamm

Occupational and environmental medicine is a critical specialty — and under threat

First Opinion David Lloyd

New mental health parity laws are already under threat

First Opinion Laura and John Arnold

STAT Plus: Philanthropists Laura and John Arnold warn: Beware hospital consolidation

First Opinion Nancy Brown

Congress can prevent deaths from cardiac arrest if it acts now

Politics John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Higher insurance costs eat into savings from drug pricing law by more than expected

First Opinion Torie Bosch

How the 2024 election gets mental health right — and wrong