Verma: CMS tried to 'infuse' free-market competition across healthcare during Trump era
Posted on Thursday January 14, 2021

As she prepares to leave office next week, CMS Administrator Seema Verma fervently defends the Trump administration's efforts to adopt policies that will "reverberate" across the industry.

U.S. asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose
Posted on Tuesday January 12, 2021

HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the Trump administration is now asking states to vaccinate people age 65 and over and those under 65 with underlying health conditions that put them at high risk.

Arizona deemed 'hot spot of the world' amid virus surge
Posted on Friday January 08, 2021

Arizona has the worst coronavirus diagnosis rate in the country, with one out of every 119 people in the state testing positive in the past week.

HHS to distribute $22 billion to aid COVID-19 testing, vaccination
Posted on Wednesday January 06, 2021

More than $19 billion will be allocated to states and local jurisdictions to aid testing as well as $3 billion to boost vaccination campaigns.

Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow start
Posted on Wednesday January 06, 2021

With frustration rising over the slow rollout of the vaccine, state leaders and other politicians around the U.S. are turning up the pressure, improvising and seeking to bend the rules to get shots in arms more quickly.