Department of Health and Human Services on HotAir

Department of Health and Human Services

Feb 2019

Defunded: New Trump admin rule to cut Planned Parenthood subsidies by almost $60M

Ed Morrissey Feb 23, 2019 10:01 AM

Promise kept?

Oct 2018

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

Jun 2018

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.”

May 2018

Feds lost track of nearly 1,500 illegal immigrant children placed with “sponsors”

Allahpundit May 25, 2018 6:41 PM

Vanished.

Return of the “gag rule”: HHS to roll out regs to block funding for Planned Parenthood today

Ed Morrissey May 18, 2018 12:41 PM

Scrubbing off the Rust?

Jan 2018

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

Nov 2017

Can HHS really lower the teen pregnancy rate?

Jazz Shaw Nov 06, 2017 4:31 PM

Possibly, but it’s already pretty low

Sep 2017

Uh oh: Trump says decision on Tom Price’s future coming “tonight”; Update: Price resigns

Allahpundit Sep 29, 2017 4:01 PM

Endgame?

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.

Jul 2017

Panic: Three Republican senators leaning towards voting no on motion to proceed with health-care bill

Allahpundit Jul 13, 2017 2:41 PM

Endgame?

May 2017

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…”

Apr 2017

Trump DoJ still pursuing lawsuits against Little Sisters of the Poor et al?

Ed Morrissey Apr 26, 2017 12:01 PM

Among others.

Mar 2017

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

HHS chief Tom Price: No one will be worse off financially under the GOP’s health-care bill

Allahpundit Mar 12, 2017 3:31 PM

Wut?

Feb 2017

(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?

Jan 2017

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.”

Nov 2016

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.”

Sep 2016

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.”

Mar 2016

Senate report: HHS kept shoveling money into ObamaCare co-ops it knew were failing

Ed Morrissey Mar 10, 2016 2:41 PM

Backfire.

Feb 2016

GAO, HHS Inspector General reports on ObamaCare provide damning indictment of Big Government

Ed Morrissey Feb 25, 2016 6:21 PM

Worst whodunit ever.

Jan 2016

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.”

Dec 2015

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.

Nov 2015

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?

Oct 2015

Four statements by former HHS Secretary Sebelius proving she’s completely out of touch with reality

Kristina Ribali Oct 14, 2015 6:41 PM

Fantasy.

Sep 2015

Bloomberg: CMS audit of ObamaCare federal exchange shows incompetence, waste

Ed Morrissey Sep 15, 2015 7:21 PM

Surprise!

Jul 2015

Important reminder from HHS: Don’t forget to annoy your relatives by bringing up ObamaCare tomorrow

Allahpundit Jul 03, 2015 4:01 PM

On message.

Feb 2015

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.

Jan 2015

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

Noah Rothman Jan 23, 2015 7:21 PM

Unbelievable.

Nov 2014

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?

Oct 2014

HHS official to Congress: I’m totally in charge, but that doesn’t mean I can prioritize Ebola prep over puppet shows

Mary Katharine Ham Oct 24, 2014 8:41 PM

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On getting the Ebola travel ban wrong

Jazz Shaw Oct 16, 2014 6:41 PM

This shouldn’t be that hard