| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Honoring Connie Clery | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution to honor the life of Connie Cl... |
| 17.09.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Nomination for FDA Commissioner | WASHINGTON – On Thursday, September 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Dr. Heidi Overton to be Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ... |
| 17.09.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees, Bill Cracking Down on Student Aid Fraud | WASHINGTON – On Thursday, September 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on several Trump administration nominees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and National Mediation Board, ... |
| 17.09.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Confirmation Hearing on Nominations for Deputy HHS Secretary, Surgeon General, and SAMHSA | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s confirmation hearing for the nominations of Chris Klomp to be Deputy ... |
| 09.09.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Nominations for Deputy HHS Secretary, Surgeon General, and SAMHSA | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, September 16, the U.S Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nominations of Chris Klomp to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Ni... |
| 27.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Exposes Lack of Action by Chemical Abortion Drug Companies Endangering Mothers in New Report | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a new report detailing the business practices of chemical abortion drug companies and the lac... |
| 19.08.2026 | COA Submits Patient-Centered Recommendations on Sen. Cassidy's 340B Reform Discussion Draft | Community Oncology Alliance Logo
Comments Urge Congress to Make Discounts Follow Patients and Strengthen Accountability of Covered Entities WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Community Oncology Alliance... |
| 14.08.2026 | ICYMI: Chairman Cassidy, Hassan Advance Legislation to Protect Americans' Private Health Data | WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report the Health Information Privacy Reform Act, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the... |
| 14.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Slams Far-Left Union for Colluding with Murderous Cuban Regime, Forcing Workers to Fund Anti-American Propaganda | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed the International Association of Machinists (IAM) for colluding with the Cuban regime to sprea... |
| 12.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders Holds Former Steward CEO Accountable for Hurting Louisiana Families’ | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, requested information from Attorney ... |
| 12.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Sounds Alarm on the University of Minnesota Indoctrinating Toddlers with Dangerous Gender Ideology | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded answers from the University of Minnesota’s Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health for u... |
| 11.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Hickenlooper, Neguse Introduce Bill to Build AmeriCorps and National Guard Partnership, Bolster Community Resilience | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the National Guard... |
| 08.08.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Applauds Senate Confirmation of HELP Committee Nominees | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed several nominees to serve at the National Labor R... |
| 06.08.2026 | Chairmen Cassidy, Walberg React to New Report Showing Biden-Harris Student Loan Mismanagement | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), Chairman of the U.S. Education and Workforce Committee iss... |
| 05.08.2026 | Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a publ... |
| 01.08.2026 | Health App Privacy Bill Passes Senate Panel 22-0, But Protection Could Take Years | By Kyle Belmonte
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| 30.07.2026 | Senate HELP Committee Votes to Approve Trump Admin Nominees | WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of Labor by a 12-11 vote.
“It is clear Mr. Sonderling is qualified,” said Dr. Cassidy. “As... |
| 30.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Advances Legislation Supporting Children with Dyslexia, Expanding Opportunities for Americans to Succeed | WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report multiple bills increasing Americans’ educational opportunities and giving them more tools to secure a strong retirement. As... |
| 27.07.2026 | UPDATED: Senate HELP Committee to Vote on Bills Expanding Opportunities for Americans to Succeed, Nominations for ASPR, CDC, DOL | WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 30, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bills to increase Americans’ educational opportunities and give them more tools to secure a strong retirement. The Committee ... |
| 23.07.2026 | AHA comments on price transparency, other healthcare bills considered during Senate HELP Committee markup | The AHA provided comments July 21 to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on price transparency, nursing workforce and rural obstetrics legislation that the committee considered during a markup held July 22. The com... |
| 22.07.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Vote on Bills Expanding Opportunities for Americans to Succeed | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 29, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bills to increase Americans’ educational opportunities and give them more tools to secure a strong retirement.
The bills und... |
| 22.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Advances Legislation Improving Families’ Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care | WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report multiple bills making health care more affordable and accessible to American families.
“I come to this issue not only as a ... |
| 17.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Expands Investigation into the Safety of Infant Formula | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded answers from Nara Organics for selling potentially unsafe infant formula linked to infant botulism.... |
| 17.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Sanders Applaud Senate Advancement of Bipartisan Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, applaud the unanimous vote in the Se... |
| 17.07.2026 | No Fix for Stolen DNA: 42 States Win $18M From 23andMe Over Feature Flaw | By Clayton Lewis
Published: Jul 17 2026, 7:04 AM EDT
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| 16.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Sanders, Banks, Kaine Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Railroad Retirement Board, Deliver Benefits to Workers & Families | WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the... |
| 16.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Confirmation Hearing on Nominations for HHS, CDC | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s confirmation hearing for Sean Kaufman to be Assistant Secretary for P... |
| 16.07.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Vote on Bills Improving Families’ Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 22, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on bills to increase families’ access to affordable health care.
The bills under consideration include:
Patients Deserve Price ... |
| 15.07.2026 | TODAY: Chairman Cassidy to Discuss His MVP Agenda, Lowering Health Care Costs | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will speak on the U.S. Senate floor today to discuss how his MVP agenda makes health care more afforda... |
| 15.07.2026 | CDC nominee says she won’t betray science — and also backs Kennedy’s actions | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer
The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators on Wednesday when they pre... |
| 14.07.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Tuberville Introduce Bill to Eliminate Fraud in Federal Child Care Funding, Protect American Taxpayers | WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Strengthening Transparency and Oversight to Prevent... |
| 12.07.2026 | US Healthcare Landscape Shifts: Access, Innovation, and Political Fault Lines | US healthcare faces unprecedented shifts. ACA enrollment declines amid federal subsidy cuts. Gender-affirming care shrinks under political pressure. Medicare AI causes patient care delays. Abortion access battles intensify over telehealth a... |
| 09.07.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on HHS, CDC Nominations | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 15, the U.S Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Sean Kaufman to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the U.... |
| 09.07.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Nomination for Secretary of Labor | WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 16, the U.S Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Agenda: Nomina... |
| 07.07.2026 | Four Years After Dobbs, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Keep Coming For Online Speech | Last week marks four years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for people seeking abortion care. Anniversaries are a moment to take stock, and over the last four years, EFF ... |
| 27.06.2026 | RESCHEDULED: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees | WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s vote on Trump administration nominees for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Labor Relations Board, and National Endowment for the Humanities is re... |
| 26.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Rep. Smith, Republican Colleagues Takes Action to Protect Women & Babies from Dangerous Abortion Drugs, Leads Amicus Brief | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), led 91 Republican lawmakers in filing another amicus brief in t... |
| 25.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Urges Congress, President Trump to Work Together, Lower Health Care Costs | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor discussing how his Money and Value for Patients (MVP) agen... |
| 25.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Unveils Landmark Discussion Draft to Fix 340B, Lower Health Costs for American Patients & Families | WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a legislative discussion draft that strengthens the 340B Drug Pricing Program to bette... |
| 24.06.2026 | POSTPONED: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees | WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s vote on Trump administration nominees for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Labor Relations Board, and National Endowment for the Humanities has b... |
| 18.06.2026 | POSTPONED: Chairman Cassidy to Discuss His MVP Agenda, Making Health Care Costs Affordable for American Families | WASHINGTON – The speech U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, was scheduled to give on the U.S. Senate floor today to discuss how his MVP agenda makes he... |
| 18.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Sounds Alarm on Chinese Communist Party Potentially Spying on American Children, Stealing Families’ Personal Data | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about Momcozy, the leading company in the world for baby care products, potentially ha... |
| 18.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Advances Legislation Improving Americans’ Health Care, Rebukes Democrats’ Attempt to Sabotage Bipartisan Markup | WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report several bills making health care more affordable and accessible to American families. During the markup, U.S. Senator Bill ... |
| 17.06.2026 | TODAY: Chairman Cassidy to Discuss His MVP Agenda, Making Health Care Costs Affordable for American Families | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will speak on the U.S. Senate floor today to discuss how his MVP agenda makes health care more afforda... |
| 17.06.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on Trump administration nominees for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Labor Relations Board, and National Endowment for... |
| 17.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks Before HELP Committee Vote on Bills Improving American Families Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s consideration of several bills to make health care more affordable an... |
| 17.06.2026 | Murray Blasts Trump and McMahon’s Decision to Abandon Students with Disabilities & the Administration’s Legal Responsibility to Protect Students’ Civil Rights | 06.16.26
Murray slams the Inter-Agency Agreements inked today by the Education Department to offload the responsibilities of the Office for Civil Rights to Todd Blanche’s DOJ and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (... |
| 12.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Scott Expands Oversight into Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Democrats’ Failure to Protect American Families’ Tax Dollars | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Tim Scott (R-SC) slammed liberal governors Kathy Hochul of New York, Gavin Newsom of California, ... |
| 10.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Confirmation Hearing on Nominations for BLS Commissioner, National Labor Relations Board | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s confirmation hearing for the Commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Stat... |
| 10.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Calls on Congress, President Trump to Work Together to Lower Health Care Costs | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor discussing how his Money and Value for Patients (MVP) agen... |
| 10.06.2026 | TODAY: Chairman Cassidy to Discuss His MVP Agenda, Lowering Health Care Costs for American Families | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will speak on the U.S. Senate floor today to discuss how his MVP agenda makes health care more afforda... |
| 10.06.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Vote on Bills Improving American Families Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care | WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 17, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on several bills to make health care more affordable and accessible to American families.
The bills under consideration include... |
| 08.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy, Hassan, Colleagues Introduce Historic Bill to Improve Child Literacy | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jim Banks (R-IN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Mark Kelly (D... |
| 05.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Presses Zohran Mamdani, NYC Hospital on Major Health Breach, Calls for Safeguards to Protect Patients | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, pressed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration on the recent cybersecurity incident affecting ... |
| 04.06.2026 | TODAY: Chairman Cassidy to Discuss His MVP Agenda, Making Life More Affordable for American Families on Senate Floor | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will speak on the U.S. Senate floor today to discuss how his MVP agenda lowers health care costs by gi... |
| 04.06.2026 | Chairman Cassidy Asks for Meeting with President Trump to Discuss Plan to Lower Health Care Costs | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor discussing how his Money and Value for Patients (MVP) agen... |
| 04.06.2026 | ICYMI: Chairman Cassidy Leads HELP Committee Hearing on Protecting Children from Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on how Congress can protect children from irreversible gender transition procedures.
“Am... |
| 04.06.2026 | NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Nominations for Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Members of National Labor Relations Board | WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday on the nominations of Brett Matsumoto to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics at the U.S. Department of Labor and James M... |
| 05.05.2026 | Trump’s drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House economists estimate that President Donald Trump’s deals with pharmaceutical companies to drop some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to what they cha... |
| 11.12.2025 | IRS releases health savings account expansion details under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ | The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS have released health savings account expansion details enacted under President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill.”
The guidance covers changes to HSA eligibility via high-deductible health plans.... |
| 24.10.2025 | Senate HELP Committee holds hearing on growth, impact of 340B | The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Oct. 23 held a hearing discussing the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its growth and impacts on patients. The AHA provided a statement to the committee in support of the program an... |
| 16.10.2025 | Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investment | By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolv... |
| 11.10.2025 | Senate HELP Committee explores potential uses of AI | The AHA discussed ways hospitals and health systems are leveraging artificial intelligence for care delivery in a statement submitted to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for a hearing held Oct. 9 titled, “AI’s P... |
| 14.08.2025 | Nonprofit hospitals spend millions on stadium naming rights, raising eyebrows | But naming rights deals involving nonprofit hospitals in particular have raised eyebrows among local officials and the public.
Unlike their for-profit counterparts, nonprofit hospital systems don’t have to pay most taxes. In return, they ar... |
| 26.07.2025 | Senate HELP Committee approves HHS assistant director nominee | The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee yesterday voted 12-11 along party lines to recommend the confirmation of Brian Christine, M.D., to be assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services. ... |
| 19.06.2025 | The Student Loan Tightrope: Balancing Debt and Opportunity in a New Era | The landscape of student loans in the United States is shifting. The Senate's recent budget proposal, part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” aims to reshape how borrowers manage their debt. But with this transformation comes a tightening... |
| 18.06.2025 | Senate’s budget proposal offers student loan borrowers fewer repayment options, loan limits for grad school | The U.S. Senate has released details about its version of the budget reconciliation package known as President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
The House passed its version of the bill on May 22, which included a number of propo... |
| 17.06.2025 | Republicans move to eliminate payment pauses for struggling student loan borrowers | GOP lawmakers are moving in their “big, beautiful bill” to nix payment pauses for student loan borrowers who’ve lost their job or experienced other financial hardship.
“I’m concerned this is going to lead more people to default on their stu... |
| 15.06.2025 | Senate Republican education plan may trigger ‘avalanche of student loan defaults,’ expert says | The Senate GOP reconciliation bill’s higher education provisions “would cause widespread harm to American families,” said Sameer Gadkaree, the president of The Institute for College Access & Success, by “making student debt much harder ... |
| 07.06.2025 | This news might ruin your appetite — and summer | Emulsifiers and stabilizers are among the most common ingredients in ultraprocessed foods, a prime target of the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
They are on the department’s... |
| 25.04.2025 | Cassidy releases report calling for reforms to 340B program | Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., today released a report detailing findings from an investigation into how covered entities use and generate revenue from the 340B Drug Pricing Progr... |
| 13.03.2025 | White House pulls Trump’s nomination for CDC director hours before confirmation hearing | The White House has pulled President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Rep. Dave Weldon.
The move Thursday came just hours before the Republican former Florida lawmaker was set to appear b... |
| 10.03.2025 | National Politics | Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump’s labor secretary | The Senate has now confirmed all but one of Trump’s picks for his Cabinet. Its Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions had voted 14-9 in favor of her nomination last week, with all Republicans except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky ... |
| 05.02.2025 | Kennedy moves closer to top health job after clearing Senate panel | WASHINGTON: Robert F Kennedy Jr, President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, moved closer to securing the job on Tuesday (Feb 4), winning approval from a key Republican senator and a recommendation from the Finance Committee to adva... |
| 19.11.2024 | National Politics | Higher monthly payments loom for many student loan borrowers | Current debt relief programs
In July 2023, the Education Department launched the first elements of its Saving on a Valuable Education repayment plan to cut payments and forgive low balances on federal student loans more quickly. Like severa... |
| 27.09.2024 | Sanders Efforts Highlight Americans' Need for Affordable Rx Importation | Sen. Sanders Highlights Lower Drug Prices in Canada
Now is The Time For Affordable & Safe Prescription Drug Importation
Sanders’ highlights of price differentials between U.S. prescription drugs and those of Canada and other countries u... |
| 18.07.2024 | Prime Day Is Reportedly a 'Major' Source of Injury for Amazon Warehouse Workers Amazon Prime Day 2024 was held on July 16 and 17, and preliminary data shows shoppers were not afraid to spend on the sa... | While millions of Amazon shoppers were delighted by discounts for Prime Day 2024 on July 16 and 17, a U.S. Senate report alleges the event is a "major" cause of injuries for Amazon warehouse workers, citing a year's worth of data ... |
| 16.07.2024 | Amazon's Prime Day is "major" driver of worker injuries, Senate report finds | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Almost half of Amazon warehouse workers suffered injuries around the company's past Prime Day sales, according to a new report from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair... |
| 16.07.2024 | Senate HELP's Preliminary Results Claim Amazon Prime Day to Be a 'Major' Cause of Worker Injuries | By Joseph Henry
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Amazon's annual Prime Day sales event, which begins this Tuesday, July 16 has been id... |
| 26.06.2024 | Envisioning a future where food is synonymous with health, fostering longevity, productivity, and societal well-being | If you missed Carter’s testimony at the Senate hearing, “Feeding a Healthier America: Current Efforts and Potential Opportunities for Food is Medicine,” the replay is available here.
The hearing emphasized the importance of nutrition to red... |
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| 30.04.2024 | Health | FDA finalizes rule to increase oversight of lab tests | By Lauren Clason, CQ-Roll Call
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday finalized a rule to regulate most tests developed in a lab, in a move that observers expect will face legal challenges and prompt intervention from Congr... |
| 29.03.2024 | Health | Experts say Medicaid rebate change is behind inhaler price cuts | Lauren Clason | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call
A recent tweak to a Medicaid formula could be behind the shake-up to inhaler products, a series of changes that have both benefited and harmed patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease... |
| 28.03.2024 | Health | People are living longer. Here’s how to stay current on the topic of aging | The topic of aging seems to be everywhere and relevant to almost every aspect of life. That was not the case in the mid-1970s when I started in the field.
Being a newcomer at the time, I decided to get a sense of what was considered newswor... |
| 21.03.2024 | Diagnostic test debate returns with FDA rule near | The VALID Act and the regulation of diagnostic tests resurfaced at a House Energy and Commerce hearing today that coincided with the FDA finalizing a rule that would give it oversight for four years.
The big picture: Trade groups mostly sup... |
| 21.02.2024 | Congress eyes another pass at 340B reform | An overhaul of the 340B drug discount program is again tempting some lawmakers on the Hill, despite an already formidable health care to-do list.
Why it matters: The program has been a magnet for conflict, drawing drugmakers, hospitals and ... |
| 08.02.2024 | Pharmalittle: We are reading about Catalent concerns, a congressional hearing, and more | Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially given the crystal clear blue skies and a warm sun hovering overhead. It is, in fact, nearly balmy on the Pharmalot campus. So to celebrate, we are ... |
| 08.02.2024 | Gilead sours on the ‘don’t eat me’ business | Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.
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| 01.02.2024 | Why college applicants will have to wait months longer to find out how much financial aid they're getting this year | Economy Why college applicants will have to wait months longer to find out how much financial aid they're getting this year
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| 31.01.2024 | Illinois partners with Google to simplify mental health care access | Illinois is working with Google to make it easier for young people to access mental health services.
Why it matters: One in five U.S. adolescents experienced a major depressive disorder in 2021, but fewer than half of those who needed treat... |
| 25.01.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Federal resources will be necessary to unlock long COVID’s mysteries | Emotions ran high in a congressional hearing Thursday as patients from across the country shared stories of lives shattered by long COVID, a condition that can include severe fatigue, shortness of breath, joint and muscle pain, “brain fog,”... |
| 03.01.2024 | Health | Deep flaws in FDA oversight of medical devices, and patient harm, exposed in lawsuits and records | Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker | (TNS) KFF Health News
Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream.
The pump, manufactured by de... |
| 03.10.2023 | Childcare providers are struggling to plan for the future as federal funding runs dry | Kayanna Jackson, a childcare provider in Southampton Township, New Jersey, told Insider she might have to close if she couldn't bring in more families or get more funding. Courtesy of Kayanna Jackson
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| 05.09.2023 | Setting the September calendar in health care | You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis. Sign up here to receive this newsletter in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The fall frenzy begins
Ah, that back-to-school feeling. The halls of Congress are full again and the schedule... |
| 07.08.2023 | Kidney doctors push to protect patients by including dialysis machines in emergency stockpile | Ariel Brigham was drowning. Hurricane Harvey had dumped over 50 inches of rain across Houston and coastal Texas, leaving the then-26-year-old Texan stranded in her flooded apartment.
But what was killing Brigham wasn’t water from the hurric... |
| 25.07.2023 | Health
Health | The painful legacy of ‘law and order’ treatment of addiction in jail | Renuka Rayasam | (TNS) KFF Health News
JASPER, Ala. — Megan Dunn, who has struggled with addiction since her teens, points to the moment her life went “deeply downhill.”
After dropping out of high school, she gave birth at age 19 to a son s... |
| 13.07.2023 | Washington: Will You Let AI Make Us Healthier? | The world is amidst an AI-driven industrial revolution. As a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen recently wrote, AI will save the world. The United Kingdom just staked its claim on the AI frontier, challenging US policymakers to reaffirm America’s... |
| 23.06.2023 | Senate Committee Investigating Amazon’s Warehouse Safety | The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is investigating Amazon over warehouse safety after numerous incidents.
HELP Committee Chair Bernie Sanders sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy informing him of an investigation ... |
| 21.06.2023 | Senado dos EUA envia carta questionando situação trabalhista na Amazon | Enviada pelo senador americano, Bernie Sanders, a carta direcionada a Andy Jassy, CEO da Amazon, pede esclarecimento de informações sobre lesões, ritmo de trabalho e cuidados médicos inadequados fornecidos pela empresa. O senador é presiden... |
| 20.06.2023 | Amazon Faces Probe from US Senate Over Warehouse Safety Practices | Inno Flores, Tech Times 20 June 2023, 09:06 pm
US Senate becomes the latest government sector to look into Amazon's warehouse safety practices. A letter was sent to Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy, urged by the committee to addres... |
