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DependsSTAT+: FDA has too few staffers to hire more staff
What the article says. STAT published “STAT+: FDA has too few staffers to hire more staff.” In the piece, they put it this way: You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The American Enterprise Institute spotted a potential gambling loophole in the GOP’s new Medicaid work requirements law. Send news tips and desperate schemes to keep health insurance to John.Wilkerson@statnews.com or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal. What might Democrats’ oversight mean for the health care industry? Democrats are widely expected to do wall-to-wall investigations of the Trump administration if…
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