Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering the intersection of health + D.C. | Signal = JournoLiz.80 | Email = [email protected]
Liz Essley Whyte
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Grocery affordability concerns are bogging down RFK Jr.'s food agenda
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The FDA has launched a study of the safety of the abortion pill.
The effort was kicked into high gear after complaints from anti-abortion advocates and an October court deadline.
Results are expected at the end of the year. (After the midterm elections.)
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HHS has found a new lever (using existing law + AI) to cut off potentially billions in funding it believes is wasteful
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This week on #WTHealth podcast: @sangerkatz.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social, and @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social on new Medicaid work rules, politics and grant funds, and fixing the surprise bill mess. Also, the latest #BOTM.
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Behind the scenes, some food companies and Trump administration officials are pushing to consider costs associated with potential regulations.
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Trump upbraided FDA Commissioner Marty Makary over the weekend for not moving quickly enough to approve flavored vapes.
Makary has been on thin ice with his superiors in the administration in recent days, according to people familiar with the situation. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
❗️LOTS of exclusive details in my story on MAHA evangelist Casey Means, including:
“Not going to burn capital on Casey” - text from a WH staffer to a GOP staffer trying to schedule her hearing
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The effort is expected to take about six months, meaning its results would come after the midterm elections.
