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Trump administration announces plans to ‘roll back’ Michelle Obama school lunch rules

LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 23: Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a rally for When We All Vote’s National Week of Action at Chaparral High School on September 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is the founder and a co-chairwoman of the organization that aims to help people register and to vote.… Read More »

Canada sours on its drug system just as Trump looks to import from it

Just as the Trump administration is planning to let states import prescription drugs from Canada, the United States’s northern neighbors have grown impatient with their own high drug prices. Canada is enmeshed in a drug pricing war. Canadians are paying among the highest prices in the world for drugs, prompting lawmakers to consider a major… Read More »

Trump aides hold daily meetings on vaping as White House scrambles to formulate policy

From left: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway speaks to Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and President Donald Trump, during a listening session on youth vaping and the electronic cigarette epidemic inside the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington,, November 22, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters The White House, grappling with the outbreak of a… Read More »

The AHA Is Suing The Trump Administration, But Here’s Why It’s A Losing Strategy

In a last-ditch attempt to preserve their historic practice of charging whatever the market will bear, almost always after the fact, U.S. hospitals filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its proposed Transparency in Coverage rule. The suit, brought by the American Hospital Association (AHA) trade group, isn’t surprising. Hospitals have long resisted efforts… Read More »