Healthcare Policy: White House Drafting Vaccine-Autism EO; Hospitals Absent from Dems' Affordability Agenda; Federal Funding Interference in Public Health Research

White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism—RFK Jr. confirmed the push. Could reshape childhood vaccine schedule and parental choice. Hospitals notably absent from Democrats' affordability agenda, highlighting their political power shielding them from cost containment. Bipartisan interest in site-neutral payments could create future openings. Federal funding interference in public health research (NIH indirect cost cap, DEI censorship) aligns with executive overreach concerns.