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President Joe Biden is kicking off his reelection campaign in part by trying to finish a decades-long effort to establish parity in insurance benefits between mental and physical health. Meanwhile, House Republicans are working to add abortion and other contentious amendments to must-pass spending bills. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Heal...

Two of the most widely used cancer drugs are in short supply amid one of the worst chemotherapy shortages in decades, forcing clinics across the US to ration the lifesaving medicines. Centers are altering treatment regimens, restricting the therapies to the cases most likely to be cured or sending patients…

The Department of Defense is talking with Valisure, a lab that specializes in checking the quality of pharmaceuticals, Bloomberg reported.

And the House is stuck in limbo.

As US drug shortages hit a five-year high and concerns mount about the safety of medicines, the Biden administration has quietly assembled a team to address chronic problems hurting America’s drug supply.