Top headlines of the week, July 4 2025 Here are some stories you may have missed this week in central Ohio. Dispatch OhioHealth partners with Clasp to offer student loan repayment for future health care workers. The program aims to address staffing shortages and rising student debt in the health care industry. This initiative complements
A proposal to pause a planned tax hike on retail cannabis has set off alarm bells among child safety advocates whose substance use prevention and treatment work depends on funds generated by sales of cannabis products. Industry members say the move, which lawmakers in Sacramento are considering, is necessary to keep struggling retailers afloat. This
As the Senate Finance Committee’s reconciliation package continues to make its way through the Senate process, a review of its key provisions as compared to the House-passed version offers some helpful insights and exposes some glaring omissions. The Senate Finance bill follows the House-passed reconciliation bill in a number of ways. First, like the House
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida criticized New York’s Medicaid program, saying it gets far more from the federal government than his home state and needs to stop covering undocumented immigrants and adults without chronic illness. “Take Florida. I have four million more people who live in my state,” Scott said during an interview on
DOJ criminal probe investigates UnitedHealth Group for Medicare fraud The Wall Street Journal reported the Department of Justice is investigating UnitedHealth Group for possible Medicare fraud. UnitedHealth Group UNH.N investors, stunned by missteps at the once predictable healthcare giant, are warily expecting strategic changes in its Medicare Advantage health insurance business over the next year. On Wednesday,
The Senate has been working this week to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s nominees essential to his agenda on health care and finance. Those nominees, though less high-profile than Cabinet members, will play leading roles in the Trump administration. The week saw the confirmation of two nominees important to Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again”
The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines. Mehmet Oz, known best for his time as a television personality and host of the daytime talk show “The Dr. Oz Show,” was a practicing heart surgeon