Biden administration

Democrats and conservatives are divided over whether the federal health program for people over 65 should be run almost entirely by the private sector.

A woman ended up stranded in the hospital because CVS stopped providing the IV nutrition she needs to survive at home. Without it, she’d starve.

Tampa-based U.S. District Judge William Jung issued an injunction in July to halt the rule, which was designed to help prevent discrimination in health care programs that receive federal money.

The states argue that the federal rule violates a 1996 welfare reform law and the ACA. The lawsuit also claims the rule would encourage more immigrants to come illegally, burdening states and their school systems.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is promoting a federal regulation after the Florida legislature signed a ban on local heat protections.

CMS says it has received more than 200,000 complaints in the first six months of the year about people being signed up for Obamacare plans or switched to new plans without their consent.

The new rule threatens the loss of insurance funds in an attempt to prevent discrimination based on sex, including gender identity. The judge wrote that state agencies faced "imminent injury" because of the rule.

The Biden administration released a proposed rule that would require employers to provide such things as water and rest breaks when temperatures top certain thresholds.

The court agreed to decide whether a Tennessee law restricting puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children is unconstitutional, in a closely watched case that is almost certain to affect similar laws in Florida.

The White House has launched an initiative on women’s health. Studying the health of older women, a largely neglected group in medical research, should be a priority.