Skip to content
RollCall logo

Health Care

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

Campaigns

Closing arguments keep leading back to Trump

Roll Call on the road: A chilly reception in a much-sought-after county

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:26pm

Buprenorphine is used as an alternative to methadone to help treat opioid use disorder.

Policy

Medicaid limits access to life-saving doses of addiction care

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:30am
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, participates in a CNN town hall near Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

Campaigns

Harris vague on legislative plan, clear on Trump critique at Pennsylvania town hall

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:57am
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22.

Policy

For Harris, mental health access a key policy priority

By Nina Heller
Posted October 21, 2024 at 3:38pm
Democrats are running ads focused on abortion access in swing states Pennsylvania and Arizona, focusing specifically on state legislative races.

DLCC launches abortion ad blitz in Arizona and Pennsylvania

By Sandhya Raman
Posted October 21, 2024 at 9:28am, Updated at 2:26pm
Sign for Opill over-the-counter birth control pill at a pharmacy in San Francisco. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

White House rule would expand access to cost-free birth control

By Sandhya Raman
Posted October 21, 2024 at 6:42am
Cigarette use among middle and high schoolers dropped to the lowest levels since 1999, but e-cigarettes remained the most commonly used tobacco product among youth for the 11th consecutive year, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Youth tobacco use drops to 25-year low, CDC survey concludes

By Lia DeGroot
Posted October 17, 2024 at 2:27pm
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel joins, from left, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Rep. Tony Cardenas and Senate Mental Health Caucus co-chairs Alex Padilla and Thom Tillis for a news conference outside the Capitol on March 21 to announce new efforts to use geographical data to help people who call the 988 mental health crisis hotline to connect to local help instead of using their telephone number's area code.

FCC requires 988 calls be routed to local call centers

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 17, 2024 at 2:10pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pa., on Wednesday, flanked by former GOP officials.

Takeaways: Harris makes play for GOP voters, sits for feisty Fox News interview

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 16, 2024 at 8:00pm
Pill Man, a skeleton made from activist Frank Huntley’s OxyContin and methadone prescription bottles, is seen on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on Aug. 30, 2019. After a pandemic-era spike, drug overdose deaths are finally trending downward.

CDC reports record drop in drug overdose deaths

By Sandhya Raman
Posted October 16, 2024 at 3:55pm