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2026-09-18 · Semafor · Politics

Health wonks question who saves in Trump drug program

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2026-09-18 · Semafor · Politics

White House claims drug pricing progress

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2026-09-25 · Semafor · Politics

Klomp wins over Democrat in bid to be No. 2 HHS official

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2026-10-29 · Semafor · Politics

Republicans prep for slowdown of Trump’s healthcare agenda

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2026-10-26 · Semafor · Politics

Trump administration weighs ultra-processed food definition

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2026-10-22 · Semafor · Politics

The fight for MAHA's soul

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2026-09-15 · Semafor

🔮 A Democratic aide said that progressives would try to use the hearings to dispel what they see as a false narrative that Klomp is a bridge-builder who was elevated at the behest of the White House to restrain Kennedy’s anti-vaccine impulses. mixed

2026-09-17 · Semafor

🔮 Heidi Overton is expected to sit for her FDA commissioner confirmation hearing next Thursday, but it is still unclear whether Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy is ready to support her. mixed

2026-09-18 · Semafor

🔮 President Donald Trump is focusing on drug pricing today, with his administration set to announce all 50 states will see most-favored-nation pricing for certain drugs in Medicaid programs, according to Trump administration plans shared first with Semafor. assertive

2026-09-18 · Semafor

🔮 President Trump took a victory lap on his administration’s work on drug pricing today, announcing all 50 states will participate in the “most-favored-nation” program, saying “this one thing alone should win us the midterms.” assertive

2026-09-22 · Semafor

🔮 “You can imagine if here in the U.S., in Europe, we knew this Bundibugyo for 19 years, the vaccine would already be available,” Kaseya said. assertive

2026-09-23 · Semafor

🔮 The Trump administration is backing off its initial plan for an executive order that would give the president greater influence over decisionmaking on National Institutes of Health grants, according to three people familiar with the process. mixed

2026-09-25 · Semafor

🔮 When asked about his vote, Whitehouse pointed to a longstanding Rhode Island Medicare reimbursement policy issue he said he hopes Klomp will help resolve. assertive

2026-10-08 · Semafor

🔮 With Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, fighting difficult reelection battles, it’s unclear who will replace Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy as the top Republican on the Senate HELP Committee. mixed

2026-10-15 · Semafor

🔮 If Republicans ultimately support her, Overton will lead the agency responsible for vaccine policy after making a bigger contribution to the Trump administration’s effort to reverse decades of American policy on childhood vaccines than was widely understood. assertive

2026-10-19 · Semafor

🔮 A pending regulation under White House review could expand access to peptides, largely unregulated substances that are popular with wellness influencers and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In July, a panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration — which included individuals with connections to the peptide industry — narrowly recommended adding several peptides to the agency’s list of products that can be compounded, or mixed at pharmacies, despite concerns from FDA scientists. speculative

2026-10-22 · Semafor

🔮 Now the question is whether Kennedy could reconsolidate the same voters if he launches a new bid for the presidency. assertive

2026-10-26 · Semafor

🔮 But the food industry has raised concerns over what impact the forthcoming proposed definition could have on lawsuits across the country, and the White House is still scheduled to meet separately with several groups to discuss the issue in the coming weeks — including the National Restaurant Association on Tuesday, the Center for Food Safety on Thursday, and the Consumer Brands Association and Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association in the days after the midterms. mixed

2026-10-29 · Semafor

🔮 The slowdown could happen in a number of ways, GOP aides working on health policy told me — depending on how big an election night Democrats have. mixed