Selina Simmons-Duffin
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394 appearances
57 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 10 Jun
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Their argument centered around the FDA's decision to remove an in-person requirement for patients receiving mifepristone, one of the medications used for abortion and miscarriage management.
A district court judge put the case on hold in April, but a panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Louisiana.
The Fifth Circuit ruling ends telemedicine mifepristone access for the whole country, effective immediately.
The drug makers are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Doctors say mifepristone is safe, that the in-person requirement is medically unnecessary, and that it makes it harder for women to access abortion.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
The case was brought by the state of Louisiana against the Food and Drug Administration.
Their argument centered around the FDA's decision to remove an in-person requirement for patients receiving mifepristone, one of the medications used for abortion and miscarriage management.
A district court judge put the case on hold in April, but a panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Louisiana.
The Fifth Circuit ruling ends telemedicine mifepristone access for the whole country, effective immediately.
The drug makers are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Doctors say mifepristone is safe, that the in-person requirement is medically unnecessary, and that it makes it harder for women to access abortion.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
The one big beautiful bill act passed by Republicans in Congress last summer created a federal work requirement for Medicaid.
Adults up to age 64 will have to regularly prove that they are working or that they qualify for an exemption.
The deadline for the policy to be implemented is next January, but Nebraska is getting started early.
The state says it's not adding staff or funding to implement the requirement, which will apply to roughly 70,000 Nebraskans.
Health advocates call the rules paperwork requirements, since most people on Medicaid who can work already do.
Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
The tie-breaking vote for Secretary Kennedy's confirmation last year was cast by Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, the chair of the Senate HELP Committee, which oversees HHS, and a member of the Finance Committee.
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