Democrats are facing a daunting stretch as the party struggles to get beyond internal battles to win approval of President Biden’s agenda — and deal with other crises that have effectively been punted to the Christmas season. Democrats are entering the home stretch of the year with four big priorities: funding the government, raising the debt […]

Health agencies’ efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic would likely continue in the event of a government shutdown, but other key work—including enrolling patients in clinical trials, drug and disease surveillance, and rulemaking—could come to a halt. Thursday is the deadline to fund the federal government and avert a shutdown. Both the House and Senate […]

Doctors, hospitals, and other health-care providers are eligible for a new release of $25.5 billion in pandemic assistance, the Health and Human Services Department announced Friday. Of the funds, $17 billion will go to providers who can show they have lost revenue and expenditures between July 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. Another $8.5 billion, […]

President Joe Biden’s executive order to bolster competition includes 72 initiatives by more than a dozen federal agencies, affecting everything from restricting noncompete agreements for workers to allowing imports of prescription drugs from Canada. While there’s a long way to go from a presidential directive to final regulations, the president’s directive seeks to address the […]

An Obama-era veteran of the Affordable Care Act wars and surgeon will take charge of the nation’s Medicare program under President Joe Biden, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced. Meena Seshamani, a head-and-neck surgeon who most recently was vice president of clinical care transformation at MedStar Health, became deputy administrator of CMS and […]

President Joe Biden’s plan for trillions of dollars in proposed spending and tax increases is entering a procedural and political thicket in Congress that’s likely to take at least until September to clear. If all goes according to plan for Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Senate would pass a bipartisan infrastructure deal next month […]

As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on several key items has stalled in Congress. Plodding negotiations and calls to drop bipartisan overtures could imperil — or even unravel — headway on infrastructure, police reform and voting rights. And […]

President Joe Biden laid out his first regulatory to-do list Friday, detailing his ambitions to dramatically expand the scope of the federal government’s involvement in education, healthcare, and the environment, among other areas. Tougher regulation to prevent discrimination in health care, boost wages for tipped workers, and provide relief for student loan borrowers is on the agenda […]

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