Melanie Evans

Federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans are set to shrink next year. Many shoppers are expected to be priced out of the market, leaving those who stay with higher premiums.

The White House budget proposal would roll back next year's federal HIV prevention funding to levels not seen since around 1987.

Medicare pays hospital-owned facilities more for the same service than it pays independent facilities. A proposal with broad support aims to end that practice, which can save money for patients. But rural hospitals say this can push them to cut services or close their doors.

If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a vaccine skeptic — to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he would control an influential group of federal vaccine advisors.