Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
A Look At Where Trump Has Diverged From Obama On Health Policy
In less than three months in office, President Trump has made abundantly clear he will not approach health and medicine the same way his predecessor did. He is proposing dramatic funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health. He has already tried 鈥 and so far failed 鈥 to repeal much of the Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama鈥檚 signature legislation. The early signals of how he鈥檒l handle the opioid crisis have recovery advocates on edge. ... Three months ago, STAT looked at five key areas and assessed whether Trump was likely to diverge from Obama 鈥 or not. Now we鈥檙e revisiting those issues, focusing on the new president鈥檚 record so far. (Scott, 4/4)
Meanwhile,聽the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration speaks out against Trump's budget cuts聽鈥
Dr. Robert Califf, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Tuesday called President Trump鈥檚 budget blueprint 鈥渞idiculous鈥 and implored the scientific community to 鈥渟peak out against it.鈥 Califf made the remarks while moderating a panel at a meeting on how clinical trial data should be shared within and beyond the research community. The two-day meeting was hosted by the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the top peer-reviewed medical journals. (Swetlitz, 4/4)