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Family planning clinics are getting caught between state abortion bans and a federal requirement to refer patients for abortion care on request.

HHS is tasked with monitoring denials both by ACA plans and those offered through employers and insurers. As ’ denials become more common, they sometimes defy not just medical standards but sheer logic. Why hasn’t the agency fulfilled its assignment?

Dr. Carolina Reyes, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, says providers and health systems have a role in tackling systemic racism. She’s also married to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.

A first-of-its-kind investigation says hospitals in Missouri and Kansas put a pregnant woman's life in jeopardy and violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tells CNN “we want the courts to overturn this reckless decision” so women can continue to have “access to a drug that’s proven itself safe.” hH did not rule out defying the order.

The May 11 expiration of the federal government’s pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings, including telemedicine, hospitals, and nursing homes.

The network would let parts of the health system share information during emergencies. It still hasn’t been planned, even after the communication and data-sharing failures put on display during the pandemic.

It’s the 12th time the emergency has been renewed since it was originally declared in January 2020. It is renewed for a 90-day period. The most recent declaration was to end Jan. 11.

The emergency declaration has been repeatedly extended, "artificially growing our population covered under Medicaid," according to letter sent to President Biden by 25 Republican governors.

States will be able to request doses of the prescription flu medication Tamiflu kept in the Strategic National Stockpile. The Biden administration is not releasing how many doses will be made available.