Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Planned Parenthood fights back Planned Parenthood took to Capitol Hill Tuesday, as staff and supporters tried to stave off attempts by Republicans to continue cutting the organization off from federal funds. © AP Photo/Jeff Roberson A provision in last year’s One Big Beautiful...

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Infectious disease physicians sound alarm on Kenya plan Several prominent infectious disease physicians wrote an open letter to Congress raising concerns about the Trump administration’s plan to send Americans with potential Ebola exposure to a facility in Kenya instead of the U.S. ©...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story US scales up screwworm response Federal authorities on Thursday launched a series of actions responding to the first New World screwworm cases detected in the U.S. in a decade. © AP Photo/Eric Gay The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated a formal emergency...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Democrats on the lookout for their next ObamaCare With healthcare costs a top concern in this election cycle and enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies going nowhere in Congress, parts of the Democratic establishment see this moment as...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story  Insulin legislation gains steam  Bipartisan legislation to cap insulin at $35 a month for people with private insurance is gaining momentum. The bill, introduced in March, picked up four more co-sponsors Monday: Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Kevin...

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Anti-abortion group turns up the heat on defunding Planned Parenthood A leading anti-abortion group is threatening to give lawmakers a failing grade on its annual report card if Republicans don’t extend a provision defunding Planned Parenthood that was included in last summer’s megabill. © AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Students for...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story  Voters lean in favor of codifying Trump's MFN policy A new poll shows there is strong bipartisan support among battleground voters for Congress to codify President Trump’s “most favored nation” drug pricing policy, which would require pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices they charge Americans to...

Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story FDA to review abortion pill safety after sustained GOP ire The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it will be following through with plans to conduct a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, responding to months of pressure...