For more on the health impacts of the “backdoor dismantling” of government agencies, check out our prior coverage on the Trump admin’s efforts to effectively shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: armandalegshow.com/episode/cfpb/

Check out our two-part podcast series and our newsletters full of helpful links and tools: armandalegshow.com/starter-pack...

For now, some other protections worth reviewing are still in place — like that medical debts less than a year old and/or under $500 shouldn’t appear on your credit report: armandalegshow.com/episode/cred...

Earlier this year, we reported on a federal judge who similarly ruled federal law preempts more than 10 states with their own bans on medical debt credit reporting. And we’ll keep following this story: armandalegshow.com/first-aid-ki...

According to KFF, this move will not immediately roll back existing state protections. But as one source notes: “This rule will have a chilling effect on states’ willingness to pass these critical patient protections.”

We walk through the key differences between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage in a recent "First Aid Kit" newsletter: armandalegshow.com/first-aid-ki...

Up next? California state officials say naloxone nasal spray and asthma inhalers: www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Now, California’s insulin is ready to hit the market — at $11 a pen. Check out the update: calmatters.org/health/2025/...