Still no compromise in Mississippi on Medicaid expansion...

'House and Senate leaders ahead of a major Monday night deadline continued to trade proposals back and forth on Monday attempting to find a compromise plan to expand Medicaid coverage to poor Mississippians.'

Congress is killing Biden's cancer moonshot politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

SCOOP: A manufacturing issue with certain avian influenza tests was discovered earlier this week, but the CDC says no tests are inaccurate or need to be repeated.

w/ 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

NEW: Donald Trump’s leave-abortion-to-the-states tack may be the least harmful position he can take as reproductive rights remain the favorite campaign trail cudgel of Joe Biden and Democrats post-Roe, according to a new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll. politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

BREAKING: The Arizona House voted Wednesday to repeal a 19th-century abortion ban that the state Supreme Court revived earlier this month. More here --> politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

Arizona lawmakers are back in session today. There's expected to be another push by Democrats to repeal the 1864 ban. And Republicans could introduce ballot measure language to compete with an abortion-rights measure. -->

Another abortion case goes before SCOTUS today.

“Even in states that currently have access to abortion, removing the requirements of EMTALA will mean hospital physicians aren’t required to provide lifesaving care when it comes to pregnancy and abortion.”
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SCOTUS will hear arguments tomorrow on the clash between federal protections for patients in medical crises and Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. It comes as drs around the country beg for guidance on what counts as an emergency abortion. politico.com/news/2024/04/2… w/ Megan Messerly