//  6/11/17  //  Topic Update


The Trump administration’s draft contraception rule has no legal foundation—neither RFRA nor the Public Health Service Act gives HSS grounds to allow employers to drop contraceptive coverage, writes Nick Bagley at Take Care.

Drug overdose deaths are now the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50 (NYT).

An in-depth New York Times piece details the Trump administration’s signals that it would pull back OSHA regulations like the Obama-era beryllium rule (NYT).


Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

Idaho has proposed regulations that would allow insurance companies to offer plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act. It is unclear whether the Department of Health and Human Services will intervene. The Senate confirmed former drug company executive Alex M. Azar II as the new secretary of Health and Human Services.

Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018

1/14/18  //  Daily Update

The president’s declaration of an opioid emergency has been ineffective. The Trump Administration adopts a Medicare model startlingly similar to the Obama-era one it rejected.

Update | Week of October 30, 2017

11/6/17  //  Daily Update

A proposed rule on essential health benefits may be illegal. A repeal of the individual mandate may be included in the tax reform bill.