U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The law includes cuts to funding for Medicaid, food assistance and other social safety net programs. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Consumers can still get hit with surprise bills from ground ambulance rides, as protection from such charges wasn't covered in the federal No Surprises act. PBNJ Productions/Tetra images RF/Getty Images hide caption
Federal health officials are investigating the University of Michigan Health system after a former employee claimed she was fired for seeking a religious exemption from providing gender-affirming care. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease, or CARD Clinic, in Libby, Montana, provides free lung screenings for breathing issues and cancers tied to asbestos exposure. CARD's doors were shuttered by a lawsuit brought by BNSF Railway on behalf of the federal government.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., (center) joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks after Senate passage of the President Trump's big tax bill. Millions are estimated to lose health care thanks to provisions in the bill. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
California Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan introduced a bill in the current legislative session to mandate menopause education for doctors in the state. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Alton Fry is trying to pay for prostate cancer treatment without health insurance. He's one of millions of Americans who lack coverage. The number of uninsured could swell as the Trump administration and Congress try to enact policies to roll back access to insurance. Lynsey Weatherspoon for KFF Health News hide caption
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses reporters on Monday as Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, right, listens. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rick Macias of Kansas City, Kansas, came to Washington, D.C., last month with ADAPT, a disability rights organization, to speak out against Medicaid cuts. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picked eight new members for a panel that helps set national vaccine policies. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Republican Senate leaders met with President Donald Trump to discuss Trump's "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" on June 4. Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. (center), speaks alongside Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., (left) and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, outside of the West Wing of the White House. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Adriana Smith is a patient at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. Emergency complications early in her pregnancy led to brain death, but she remains on life support as the pregnancy continues, according to her family. Her case has become a symbol of the medical and ethical issues stemming from a Georgia law that bans most abortions and confers fetal "personhood" rights.
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The Food and Drug Administration is taking a new approach to evaluating and approving COVID vaccines. Deb Cohn-Orbach/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images hide caption
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been carrying out President Trump's vision to shrink government. On Monday, they announced an executive order aimed at drug prices. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA is pushing for CDC's FOIA team to be restored, after the jobs were eliminated in the recent HHS layoffs. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
An insurance agent talks with clients inside a shopping center in Miami, on Dec. 5, 2023. Once someone enrolls in an Affordable Care Act plan, they can get help with sticky insurance issues from caseworkers at the federal government. Many caseworkers were cut in the recent round of federal layoffs. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Medicare negotiations on drug prices can happen sooner for pills than many drugs that are injected. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
An advisory committee of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is set to meet Tuesday to discuss vaccines for RSV, COVID and others. Jeff Amy/AP hide caption
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall speaks during inauguration ceremonies on the steps of the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. on Jan. 16, 2023. Butch Dill/AP hide caption
A 17-year-old transgender boy from the Chicago suburbs was in the process of scheduling surgery at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, but that stopped after Lurie paused surgeries in light of an executive order from the White House. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption
Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
At the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (MAP), physicians use telehealth to prescribe and mail pills to people who live in states that ban or restrict abortion.
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President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
People hold up signs before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally Nov. 4, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption