President Donald Trump's administration ordered a temporary freeze on federal grants and loans, sparking widespread confusion among Arizona companies, agencies, and other recipients of federal dollars.
The order is temporarily on ice, but uncertainty swirls around which programs would and wouldn't be hit by the federal aid freeze.
Ozempic and Wegovy are among the 15 drugs added to Medicare's list of medications that will be negotiated for lower prices. This is part of an effort to lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients. Costs for these drugs and others will be discussed between the federal government and drug manufacturers.
"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze," the senator from Oregon said on the social media platform X on Tuesday. "This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed."
The powerful hospital lobby and corporate monopolies in the health care and insurance businesses, advantaged by the federally ill-considered disregard for the provisions of antitrust statutes, burdene
The Biden administration said Medicare will negotiate discounts with drug companies on 15 drugs prescribed to treat cancer, diabetes and asthma.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is set to hold a news conference in response to a federal funding freeze that takes effect Tuesday afternoon.
Many in Arizona's retirement communities are bracing for potential economic shifts under President Trump's policy blueprint. But retirement landscapes in Arizona communities have already
After issuing a sweeping and widely controversial pause of federal grants and loans on Monday, the Trump administration rescinded the order on Wednesday.