Trump Administration Delays Plan to Limit Pricey Bandages
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.
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Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.
As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut
Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.
Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.