U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to reduce the time it takes to approve pharmaceutical plants in the country, as part of new regulations to encourage domestic manufacturing. The order directs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to streamline reviews and work with domestic manufacturers to provide early support ...

California is one of several states that will be dramatically affected if Congress takes no action to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies authorized as part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and extended through 2025 by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The enhanced subsidies reduce the premium for eligible ...

The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this ...

Although more than 164 million Americans receive health benefits from their employer, only 2 in 10 are confident in their health insurance knowledge.

President Donald Trump has been in office for 102 days. He has been quick to shake up U.S. foreign policy priorities and import tariffs, but his goals for commercial health coverage are still hazy. He has not yet shown whether he intends to eliminate the Affordable Care Act soon, focus at least temporarily on simply updating the ...

Getting a shingles vaccine may help with more than the viral infection that causes painful rashes — new research shows it can also lower the risk of heart disease. In a study, published Monday in the European Heart Journal, researchers found people given the shot had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart ...