Department of Health and Human Services on HotAir

Finally. HHS moves to reestablish a scientific definition of sex and gender

Jazz Shaw Oct 21, 2018 5:01 PM

Science may be making a last stand

Mayor bucks feds on illegal immigrant children’s detention center

Karen Townsend Jun 17, 2018 11:01 AM

“You can’t hurt them to make some grander statement.”

There shouldn’t be any “moral objections” by healthcare workers to treating transgender patients

Jazz Shaw Jan 17, 2018 8:01 PM

Now, *scientific* objections are another matter

Can HHS really lower the teen pregnancy rate?

Jazz Shaw Nov 06, 2017 4:31 PM

Possibly, but it’s already pretty low

Tom Price: On second thought, how about I don’t fly on private jets anymore?

Allahpundit Sep 28, 2017 6:01 PM

“The taxpayers won’t pay a dime for my seat on those planes.”

Is Trump ready to throw Tom Price under the bus?

Allahpundit Sep 27, 2017 3:31 PM

“I will tell you personally, I’m not happy about it.”

Tom Price does the right thing (perhaps belatedly) on government travel

Jazz Shaw Sep 24, 2017 11:01 AM

Be stingy with the public purse, sir.

Tom Price’s tab so far: At least 24 private jet flights, more than $300,000 to taxpayers

Allahpundit Sep 22, 2017 11:21 AM

“Price’s frequent trips around the country have rankled staff inside the White House…”

What was Tom Price thinking?

Allahpundit Sep 20, 2017 11:21 AM

Privilege.

HHS: Premiums for individual health plans doubled between 2013 and 2017

John Sexton May 24, 2017 5:41 PM

“data shows average premiums were 105% higher in 2017 than in 2013…”

Price: You’d better believe Phase 2 is still on

Ed Morrissey Mar 30, 2017 5:21 PM

Rule of law and whim.

An HHS decision delaying the 340B drug program could have consequences in 2018

Jazz Shaw Mar 18, 2017 5:31 PM

Not the part of your base you want to tick off right now, guys

(Slow) business as usual: Price wins confirmation on party-line vote

Ed Morrissey Feb 10, 2017 8:41 AM

Harry Reid’s biggest win of all?

Trump signs executive order giving HHS power to waive ObamaCare’s individual mandate

Allahpundit Jan 21, 2017 4:01 PM

“To the maximum extent permitted by law.”

Reince Priebus: “I don’t think President-elect Trump wants to meddle with Medicare or Social Security”

Allahpundit Jan 09, 2017 3:31 PM

“He made a promise in the campaign that that was something that he didn’t want to do.”

Tom Price at HHS could signal very good news on government regulations

Jazz Shaw Nov 30, 2016 10:01 AM

A history of regulatory restraint

Trump taking aim at Obama’s Medicaid expansion with CMS pick?

Ed Morrissey Nov 29, 2016 2:01 PM

A third way to Medicare reform?

NIH: No, we don’t really know where your tax dollars are going

Jazz Shaw Nov 23, 2016 12:11 PM

A few billion here, a few billion there…

Ben Carson spokesman: He won’t take a cabinet position because he doesn’t want to cripple Trump’s presidency

Allahpundit Nov 15, 2016 6:01 PM

“Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience, he’s never run a federal agency.”

GAO report: HHS owes taxpayers billions in Obamacare reinsurance money

John Sexton Sep 29, 2016 4:01 PM

“This prioritization of collections for payments to issuers over payments to the Treasury is not authorized.”

Republican Senators express concern over potential Obamacare bailout

John Sexton Sep 28, 2016 1:01 PM

“The Judgment Fund would not appear to be available to pay for such judgments under current law.”

Great moments in government: HHS handed children to human traffickers

Ed Morrissey Jan 29, 2016 2:01 PM

“This is clearly the tip of the iceberg.”

Hmmm: HHS IG to probe NIH use of fetal tissue after Planned Parenthood exposé videos

Ed Morrissey Dec 23, 2015 1:01 PM

So much for the narrative.

Did Rubio deal a mortal blow to ObamaCare?

Ed Morrissey Nov 25, 2015 1:01 PM

But can you keep a White House crony-corruptocrat down?

Video: ObamaCare exchange not allowing addition of newborns to policies

Ed Morrissey Feb 21, 2015 7:01 PM

“Insurance companies have been doing that for years — it’s not difficult.”

Breaking: Healthcare.gov sent out 800,000 bad tax forms; Update: Officials don’t know what happened?

Ed Morrissey Feb 20, 2015 10:31 AM

Also, a new open enrollment period to cushion the (political) shock.

Failing Up: Company behind HealthCare.gov debacle gets an IRS contract

Noah Rothman Jan 23, 2015 7:21 PM

Unbelievable.

ObamaCare 2016: If you like your plan, you’ll love it when we pick a different one

Ed Morrissey Nov 22, 2014 5:31 PM

They have altered the deal. Pray they do not alter it any further.

Video: HHS Secretary implies Gruber persona non grata … $400,000 later

Ed Morrissey Nov 17, 2014 2:31 PM

HHS brags about 100,000 ObamaCare signups on Saturday, but …

WaPo fact check: Yes, Gruber got $400,000 for ObamaCare work

Ed Morrissey Nov 14, 2014 9:21 AM

Did HHS intentionally use Gruber to fake out CBO?

On getting the Ebola travel ban wrong

Jazz Shaw Oct 16, 2014 6:41 PM

This shouldn’t be that hard

“Non Sequitur” cartoon fall-out over crude message to Trump continues

Karen Townsend Feb 17, 2019 8:01 PM

Not a good kind of Easter egg.

The Aurora shooter left many questions in his wake

Jazz Shaw Feb 17, 2019 6:31 PM

The system failed us and the people of Aurora

Uber is suing New York City… again

Jazz Shaw Feb 17, 2019 5:01 PM

It’s not the government’s job to protect taxi companies