#healthcare

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"As the nation’s largest employer-sponsored health insurance program, the FEHB Program covers more than 8.2 million federal government employees and retirees, and it was once celebrated as a national model for controlling costs while giving enrollees many health plan options.

But next year, average enrollee premium payments in the system are set to jump more than 12%, on top of a 13.5% hike in 2025."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/federal-worker-health-insurance-fehb-premiums-increases/

In startet ein einjähriger Modellversuch mit auf vier Hauptverkehrsstraßen.

Ziel ist es, Auswirkungen auf , und zu untersuchen.

Stadt und Region erwarten positive Effekte für Anwohnende, besonders im Hinblick auf und Sicherheit. Kritik kommt von der , die den Nutzen infrage stellt.

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/hannover_weser-leinegebiet/weitere-tempo-30-zonen-in-hannover-modell-versuch-ist-gestartet,tempodreissig-100.html

"Their eagerness to vote for an extension...underscores how entrenched the health care law has become, even among Republicans who once fought to kill it. And it helps explain why President Trump, who has long railed against the law, commonly called Obamacare, is said to be weighing such a move as he and his party toil to address affordability issues that could be a major liability for them going into the midterm elections."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/republicans-trump-obamacare-subsidies.html

"For many GOP members, an expansion of abortion restrictions in Obamacare is a must-have. But the White House’s decision to leave the issue out of its tentative framework caught Republicans off guard, leaving them in the dark about whether the president would ultimately stake out a position publicly, according to two aides granted anonymity to disclose private discussions."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/25/republicans-trump-obamacare-abortion-00669389

"Immigrants make up about a quarter of all the country's doctors, and the U.S. health care system depends heavily on them. There are roughly 325,000 physicians — not including nurses or other critical health care workers — living and working in the U.S., who were born and trained elsewhere."

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/24/nx-s1-5618291/immigrant-physicians-foreign-born-doctors-trump-h1b

"Following direction from the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of Education determined that nursing was among the programs that would now be excluded from the 'professional degree' list. This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments."

https://www.newsweek.com/nurses-union-says-trump-policy-will-worsen-crisis-level-conditions-access-health-11101654

"Two members of Congress launched an investigation into FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, and his use of 'priority vouchers' for expedited drug approvals, suggesting that the voucher program 'could undermine public confidence in FDA's decisions and raise safety concerns.'"

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/118690

"As the Republican leadership trifecta in Washington scrambles to address that imminent spike in premiums for millions of Americans, health care costs are emerging as a new flashpoint in next year’s midterm elections. Polling shows staunch nationwide support for the Affordable Care Act, with 64 percent of Americans holding a positive view of the policy..."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/24/georgia-republicans-trump-health-care-midterms-00666216

"The plaintiffs, who are representing themselves without an attorney, do not say why they are only protesting the results that overwhelmingly approved the funding of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) and not the other 16 propositions Texans considered on the same ballot. But, they note the large amount of taxpayer money involved."

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/texas-dementia-research-fund-lawsuit-dan-patrick/

"But the program’s rapidly rising premiums and out-of-pocket charges came into sharp relief last week when Medicare officials announced that the standard Part B premium, which covers services such as physician visits and hospital outpatient care, will be $202.90 a month — up 9.7 percent. Next year is the first time the monthly premium will exceed $200 — and it will be 66 percent higher than a decade ago."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/business/what-to-know-about-the-nearly-10-climb-in-a-key-medicare-expense-for-2026.html