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Alex Azar

Top Official Admits Trump’s Order On Pre-Existing Conditions Is Worthless

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday announced that Donald Trump will sign an executive order declaring that it is the "the policy of the United States" that people with preexisting conditions will be protected.

However, Azar admitted on a call before Trump's announcement that the order holds no legal weight. As the Daily Beast's Sam Stein reported, Azar said the executive order would have no affect if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare and said it is merely a "defined statement of U.S. policy that people with preexisting conditions are protected."

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Inside Trump’s Decision To Leave The World Health Organization

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Right before President Donald Trump unveiled punitive measures against China on May 29, he inserted a surprise into his prepared text.

“We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization," he announced during a press conference in the Rose Garden.

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Republicans Seek To Ban Telemedicine For Abortion Services

Republicans Seek To Ban Telemedicine For Abortion Services

At a time when telemedicine is becoming both more available and more necessary because of the coronavirus pandemic, Republicans are working to ban telehealth procedures for medication abortions.

Lack of access to telemedicine for abortion services may mean that people can't get abortions until later in pregnancy or possibly not get them at all.

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Enraged Trump Wanted To Fire CDC Official Who Warned Against Virus

Enraged Trump Wanted To Fire CDC Official Who Warned Against Virus

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

In a deeply reported Wall Street Journal piece on Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis, a bombshell detail buried in the story cast light on President Donald Trump's own disastrous instincts.

According to the report, Trump wanted to fire Dr. Nancy Messonnier — the official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who first shared the gravity of the pandemic with the American people.

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