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Mar 16, 2025, 10:05

Gregg Margolis: Four things to read about health policy this week

Gregg Margolis, Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine, shared on LinkedIn:

“A lot going on so could not narrow down to three this week – if you can only read three four things about health policy this week, I suggest…

Politico: HHS Braces For A Reorganization The Trump administration is readying to slash the Department of Health and Human Services workforce again, according to seven people familiar with the plans who were granted anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the changes.

The announcement could come soon, three of the people said. (Reader, Cirruzzo and Cancryn, 3/13)

ABC News: Schumer Announces He’ll Vote To Keep Government Open, Likely Avoiding Shutdown Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday night that he plans to vote to keep the government open, signaling that there will almost certainly be enough Democratic votes to advance a House GOP funding bill before a shutdown deadline at the end of the day Friday.

In remarks on the Senate floor, Schumer conceded a government shutdown is the worse outcome. ‘I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power in a government shutdown is a far worse option,’ he said. (Parkinson, Peller, Pecorin and Scott, 3/13)

KFF Health News: Can House Republicans Cut $880 Billion Without Slashing Medicaid? It’s Likely Impossible The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Feb. 27 that a Republican budget measure would ‘set in motion the largest cut to Medicaid in American history,’ and that Republicans are hiding the consequences. (Czopek and Sherman, 3/13)

Politico: Weldon’s History Of Vaccine Skepticism Helped Tank His CDC Nomination A key Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee shared concerns about CDC director nominee Dave Weldon’s vaccine views with the White House before his nomination was pulled Thursday morning.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters on Capitol Hill that she was so troubled about Weldon’s vaccines stance that she shared her concerns with the White House, and she was not surprised that his nomination had been pulled. (Gardner, Gardner and Cirruzzo, 3/13)

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