Planned Parenthood clinics in Louisiana close

Planned Parenthood’s two clinics in Louisiana closed on Tuesday over challenges that the organization said made it unfeasible to operate there. The clinics were in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The president of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast said the closures were forced by “compounding political attacks that have dismantled public health infrastructure, (and) blocked patients…

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Why ACA tax credits for 22 million Americans are at the center of the government shutdown drama

A possible U.S. government shutdown on Wednesday could hinge on a deal to maintain a tax credit that helps 22 million Americans lower their health insurance costs when they buy policies through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.  Known as the enhanced premium tax credit, the subsidy has been used by millions of low- and middle-class households…

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RFK Jr. taps allies and COVID vaccine critics among picks for CDC advisory panel. Here’s who’s on the list.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday, June 11, he’s naming new advisers to serve on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendations committee, after firing the committee’s entire previous roster of 17 advisers.  “All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense. They have…

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