Department of Defense Orders Halt to Gender Transition Medicine, Procedures

The military will refer patients seeking the procedures to the private sector. The U.S. Department of Defense said in a new memorandum that it is halting medical treatments and procedures for troops who identify as transgender and other personnel with gender dysphoria (GD). “Within the direct care component, meaning at military medical treatment facilities …

What to Know About the Legal Cases Challenging Trump’s Transgender Executive Orders

The high court’s direction could depend on justices’ regard for a 2020 ruling that gender identity is covered by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender in the military, along with similar orders affecting prisons, pronouns on government documents, and pediatric medicine have spawned a host of

What’s Inside the GOP Tax Bill

The tax cuts, while a cost estimate has not yet been assessed, could be at least $4 trillion—a goal of congressional Republicans. The House Ways and Means Committee on May 12 released the tax policy portion of the GOP megabill to implement President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda. The committee, which deals with taxes and other

What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Slash Drug Prices

The ’most favored nation’ policy aims to have drugmakers respond to incentives and equalize drug prices between the United States and other countries. President Donald Trump aims to lower prescription drug costs for all Americans with the aid of two carrots and a stick. The positive and negative inducements are intended to get pharmaceutical manufacturers

House Panel to Debate Medicaid Proposal With $880 Billion in Cuts Expected

The bill may satisfy moderate Republicans’ concerns but not go far enough for fiscal conservatives. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will debate the long-awaited budget reconciliation bill on May 13, providing a crucial test for Republicans who have been at odds over ways to reduce federal spending on Medicaid. Medicaid funding is just one

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Launches Fact-Checking Website

The governor launched the new website designed for ‘fighting back’ against what he called misinformation about the Golden State. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a new website aimed at countering what he says is false information about the state and his administration. “We just launched a new site to call out the misinformation machine