💊🏛️ @NBCNews Medical Reporter covering FDA, drug pricing and health care
Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
As ACA Marketplace premiums continue to rise, more people are struggling to afford health coverage after enhanced premium tax credits expired. Watch @NBCNews @BerkeleyJr explain the growing affordability challenges, featuring CBPP data: youtu.be/KthkxUfhW-c?si=pCtD…
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NEW: Montana began implementing Medicaid work requirements this month. Cancer advocacy groups say concerns have been building for months as they’ve sought clear answers from officials about how the state would ensure vulnerable patients keep coverage.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
Nothing was certain when I came to California to start KFF with little more than an idea. Now 37 years later, @KFF is at the height of its effectiveness, and I have the perfect opportunity, thanks to our board, to hand over leadership to Larry Levitt and Molly Brodie next year.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
Scoop: Democratic think tank @SearchlightInst is pushing the party to embrace a new idea: Free primary care for all Americans.
The group wants Dems to rethink their approach to health care and break out of the M4A vs ACA rut. They’re unimpressed with CAP’s proposal and warn that Dems need to have a vision beyond opposing Trump and restoring expired subsidies.
“This is still our best issue, but we have not been on offense in a way that’s capturing people’s imaginations and getting them excited,” says @AJentleson. “We don’t need to be on defense or just advocating for incremental reforms.”
Story w/ @BerkeleyJr: nbcnews.com/politics/politic…
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Hospital CEOs came under criticism at a House hearing, with lawmakers accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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New tidbit from @FDA press conference on real-time trials: Mallika Mundkur is now acting chief medical and scientific officer -- two hats previously worn by outgoing CBER Director Vinay Prasad.
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Most Alzheimer’s blood tests work by measuring levels of proteins that build up in the brain and are thought to play key roles in the disease. But it’s still an ongoing debate how well the tests can predict who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, doctors say. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
New: the nation’s top drug lobbyist is stepping down.
STEVE UBL is moving on from PhRMA after a decade-plus, he told The Post in an interview.
Ubl's organization has been battling with Trump on his drug-price plans.
washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
New: Trump's surgeon general nominee has stalled.
White House is telling the Senate to move on Casey Means, whose hearing was over a month ago.
Will she get a vote? When?
"No comment on Casey," says HELP Chair Bill Cassidy.
@BerkeleyJr @ariabendix & me nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
Reliable sources within HHS and the CDC confirm to NBC News that this is inaccurate.
ACIP has been disbanded.
The government’s response to the AAP lawsuit and judge Murphey’s injunction is to disband and then recreate a new ACIP committee, as this will take less time than would be required to file and prosecute an appeal. There will be no action from the government to respond to the defamatory characterization of the former ACIP members.
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About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a poll from West Health-Gallup. nbcnews.com/health/health-ca…
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
ACA premiums have officially gone up this month with the tax credits expired. Many people are moving toward low-premium plans with high deductibles and less coverage. Overall sign-ups are down more than 800,000 compared to last year. From @BerkeleyJr: nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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Medicare announces price cuts for 15 prescription drugs, including Ozempic
“The lower prices stem from the Medicare negotiation program created under the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act,” @BerkeleyJr reports.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
People have to sign up for ACA marketplace coverage by December 15 to have health insurance January 1. Even if Congress passed an extension with tweaks to the premium tax credits, computer systems could not be reprogrammed immediately.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
I was contacted by @BerkeleyJr of NBC News about the health insurance premium increases we are seeing in Idaho, including my own, and the effects of the ACA subsidies going away. Some of the situations people are in are much worse than mine! @KHQLocalNews Story below:
Idaho kicks off Affordable Care Act open enrollment as premiums are set to rise nationwide nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. retweeted
FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths at CDC meeting, @BerkeleyJr reports nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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New: Senators prepare to grill RFK Jr. amid turmoil at the CDC and vaccine changes
Story w/ @BerkeleyJr @bkamisar @frankthorp: nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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NEW -- FDA Chief @MartyMakary on new vaccine guidelines: "I think the decision should be between a doctor and a pregnant woman"
Admin hasn't released data behind the move
On this, Makary opposes "the idea that the government has to tell you what to do" nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sidestepped vaccine questions during his testimony before Congress: "I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me"
Story w/ @BerkeleyJr
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