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STAT+ | How the tax-cut bill that just passed the Senate would upend health care

Senate passage of the bill puts transformational changes to Medicaid and the ACA a step closer to reality.

By Daniel Payne, Chelsea Cirruzzo, and John Wilkerson

STAT+ | Memo said to describe biotech industry meeting calls RFK Jr. a ‘direct threat to public health’

The trade group BIO says it didn’t produce the document on vaccine issues and that it doesn’t reflect its views.

By Allison DeAngelis and Elaine Chen

STAT+ | Why Woebot, a pioneering therapy chatbot, shut down

The demise of Woebot, a therapy chatbot, shows how AI is moving faster than the ability of the FDA to regulate it, says founder Alison Darcy.

By Mario Aguilar

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Who is the Senate parliamentarian, and why do they matter for Medicaid?

STAT's behind-the-headlines video series looks at health care upheaval in the Trump tax bill and the key role played by, of all things, the parliamentarian.

By Alex Hogan

Opinion: RFK Jr.’s intellectually dishonest excuse for defunding Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Former CDC chief says in pulling U.S. funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, RFK Jr. used 'an inaccurate study to justify withholding lifesaving funds.'

By Tom Frieden

STAT+ | Centene’s stock plummets as health insurance giant scraps 2025 financial outlook

The company says members in its Affordable Care Act plans are sicker than the company had anticipated.

By Bob Herman

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Why this activist is putting her body on the line for Americans with disabilities

Latoya Maddox, an activist, on the fight to protect the needs of disabled Americans, as time runs out to save their Medicaid-funded services.

By O. Rose Broderick

Opinion: Medicaid cuts will hurt all American children — not just those publicly insured

The funding structure and existence of pediatric health care is wholly dependent on Medicaid — and cuts could topple this house of cards.

By Anireddy Reddy