The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a list of reusable medical devices that will require validated use instructions and data regarding cleaning, disinfection and sterilization.

In their two speeches opening the American Medical Association’s 2017 meeting in Chicago, CEO James Madara, MD, and President Andrew Gurman, MD, both focused on the efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a bill the AMA has actively opposed.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has declined in the U.S., but its affects are more significant on populations with lower socioeconomic status. A recent study in PLOS Medicine found that a 10 percent subsidy of fruits and vegetables could prevent or postpone 150,500 CVD deaths by 2030.

The American Medical Association (AMA) doesn’t think highly of how the Senate may change Medicaid funding and coverage through repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), judging by a presentation from the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago.

HHS Secretary Tom Price, MD, testified before the Senate Finance Committee on June 8, defending the agency’s proposed budget with a 16 percent reduction across the agency. In doing so, he appears to be telling a different story than Office of Management and Budget Director Mike Mulvaney when it comes to cuts to Medicaid.

Conservatives in the House who had voted for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in May are already displeased about rumored changes to the bill being considered by Senate Republicans.

Republican leaders in the Senate are aiming for a vote on their version of an Affordable Care Act replacement by the end of June, with the goal of ending the healthcare debate so it doesn’t get in the way of the rest of the party’s legislative agenda.

State legislators in Nevada have passed a bill which would allow residents to buy into the state’s Medicaid program, offering a new public health insurance option.