Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Miners Who Helped Carry Trump To Victory Terrified As Threat Of Losing Benefits Looms
Donald J. Trump made coal miners a central metaphor of his presidential campaign, promising to 鈥減ut our miners back to work鈥 and look after their interests in a way that the Obama administration did not. Now, three months into his presidency, comes a test of that promise. (Scheiber, 4/19)
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote Wednesday on the nomination of Scott Gottlieb to serve as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. If confirmed, Gottlieb, a former deputy commissioner at the FDA, would oversee an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to reform. (McIntire, 4/19)
