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In other FDA news, the agency recently changed policy to allow gay men to donate blood announced new food safety leadership in response to the baby formula crisis and kicked back to Congress a question of how to regulate CBD, or cannabidiol, products. The FDA is at the center of the abortion pill case, which challenges its approval of the drug decades ago and could set a precedent for legal challenges to the approval of other drugs.The Trump-appointed judge’s decision could ban the drug nationwide, meaning it would be barred even in states where abortion continues to be legal. A decision is expected soon in a Texas court case challenging the future use of mifepristone. While some abortion advocates praised Biden for vowing to veto a federal abortion ban, others felt he did not talk enough about the looming challenges to abortion access in the courts.And last year’s Senate fights demonstrate that sometimes the opposition comes from within the Democratic Party. Biden’s calls for bipartisanship to extend health programs like pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans are expected to clash with conservative demands to slash federal government spending.Biden’s lively, informal exchange with lawmakers over potential cuts to Medicare and Social Security seemed to steal the show, though the political fight over cutting costs in those entitlement programs is rooted in a key question: What constitutes a “cut”? President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address emphasized recent victories against high health care costs, like Medicare coverage caps on insulin and out-of-pocket caps on prescription drug spending.This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KHN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet.Īmong the takeaways from this week’s episode: Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates and opponents are anxiously awaiting a federal court decision out of Texas that could result in a nationwide ban on mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion. And he sparred with Republicans in the audience - who jeered and called him a liar - over GOP proposals that would cut Medicare and Social Security. He urged Congress to do more, including making permanent the boosted insurance premium subsidies added to the Affordable Care Act during the pandemic. He took a victory lap on recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. Health care was a recurring theme throughout President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Capitol Hill this week. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KHN’s weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition.
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