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HHS Eliminates CDC Staff Who Made Sure Birth Control Is Safe for Women at Risk

Physician's Weekly

But for women with conditions that put them at higher risk of serious health complications, special care is needed. contraception guidelines were first published in 2010, after the CDC adapted guidance developed by the World Health Organization. “They left nothing behind,” one worker said.

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To Cut Medicaid, the GOP’s Following a Path Often Used To Expand Health Care

Physician's Weekly

Federal government spending falls into two categories: mandatory, or spending required by existing law, and discretionary, which traditionally is allocated and renewed each year as part of the appropriations process. A key reason so much health policy has passed this way has to do with how Congress manages the federal budget.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. This is where the federal government must step up.

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Here It Goes, Here It Goes, Here It Goes Again: The Build Back Better Act (Redux)

FDA Law

With 190 pages dedicated to prescription drug pricing reform, the program is ambitious…and complicated. Karst — The Build Back Better Act—the food and drug law implications of which we discussed last year —has popped up again in Congress, and it is just as dense as ever. Each product is limited to two years of delay.

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