Amanda Seitz

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  • TrumpPersonal Finance

    Trump wants more health savings accounts. A catch: they can’t pay insurance premiums

    By Amanda Seitz and KFF Health News
  • Justin MillerHealth

    Small business owners despair over their employees facing a $5,000 health insurance hike due to Republican ACA policies: ‘tough pill to swallow’

    By Amanda Seitz and KFF Health News
  • Chuck SchumerPolitics

    Schumer warns millions are going to ‘start getting letters in the mail telling them their health insurance costs are about to go through the roof’

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • FILE – President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)Politics

    Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

    By Kimberly Kindy, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • FILE – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on the Autism report by the CDC at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)Health

    RFK Jr. tosses all 17 members of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

    By Laura Ungar, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • RFK Jr. holding up his hands while appearing at a hearingPolitics

    RFK Jr. defends slashing almost a quarter of all staff at the health department: ‘When we consolidate them, Democrats say they’re eliminating them’

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Robert F Kennedy, aka RFK Jr, looking a little pale ahead of his first hearing in front of the Senate health committee since he was confirmedPolitics

    RFK Jr. is about to get grilled by the Senate health committee for the first time since he was confirmed

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. During the event, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80%. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump gives drugmakers 30-day ultimatum: ‘We’re going to pay what Europe pays’

    By Amanda Seitz, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Health

    Trump says new executive order limiting drug costs to what other countries pay will cut prices 30%-80% ‘immediately’

    By Will Weissert, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 02: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs after U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as “Liberation Day”, Trump announced sweeping new tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. on countries including China, Japan and India. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Health

    RFK Jr. heads to West Texas, where a second child has died from measles-related causes as outbreak nears 500 cases

    By Devi Shastri, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, waves at the conclusion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Politics

    Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid as Congress debates cuts to programs that provide millions with coverage

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 25: Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens as he is introduced by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach during the World Values Network’s Presidential candidate series at the Glasshouse on July 25, 2023 in New York City. Kennedy Jr., who is running a longshot primary campaign against President Joe Biden, joined Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to discuss fighting antisemitism and the championing of Israel. Kennedy has faced backlash for his stances on vaccines, most recently for comments he made suggesting that the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease could have been “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people,” while sparing Jewish and Chinese people. He has denied allegations of racism and antisemitism. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Health

    RFK Jr. announces plans to cut 10,000 jobs from from U.S. health agencies. ‘We’re going to do more with less’

    By The Associated Press and Amanda Seitz
  • Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks to the House Chamber before President Donald Trump addresses to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    HHS workers who research diseases, inspect food and administer Medicare and Medicaid are offered $25,000 buyouts

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    Pentagon, FBI and other key federal agencies refuse to comply with Musk’s demand for employees to explain workweeks or lose jobs

    By Steve Peoples, Eric Tucker, and others
  • FILE – Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks to supporters at an election night rally in Newtown, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Politics

    Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz holds millions in companies that he’d oversee if he’s confirmed

    By Amanda Seitz, Brian Slodysko, and others