Daniel Payne

@_daniel_payne

Washington Correspondent @STATnews daniel.payne (at) statnews (dot) com Signal: danielp.100 @POLITICO / @OleMiss alum

Washington, D.C.

Joined November 2014

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 21

Under pressure of tariffs and price controls from the Trump administration, AstraZeneca announced Monday that it would invest $50 billion by 2030. statnews.com/2025/07/21/ast…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. AstraZeneca announced that it will invest $50 billion in the U.S. by 2030, including a multi-billion-dollar manufacturing site in Virginia.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 21

10 million expected to lose health insurance under Trump’s tax cut law, CBO says statnews.com/2025/07/21/cbo…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Trump's law cuts federal health spending by more than $1 trillion over a decade to help pay for tax cuts.

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Isa Cueto@isabellacueto · Jul 9

On June 18, HHS said it would soon release ethics and conflict-of-interest documents for new vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. to the ACIP. That group's first meeting came and went. Now, HHS appears to be backpedaling on its vow. New: statnews.com/2025/07/09/ken…

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🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo@ChelseaCirruzzo · Jul 9

Breaking: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has abruptly cancelled a meeting of the advisory committee that evaluates the nation's preventative services. No reason was provided via a letter viewed by STAT. statnews.com/2025/07/09/usp…

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STAT@statnews · Jul 8

How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts trib.al/KXoI9dF

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 8

How the GOP, behind closed doors, pushed through health industry fears and passed historic Medicaid cuts statnews.com/2025/07/08/tru…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. The passage of President Trump's signature tax cut bill shows how the health care industry's influence is waning.

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Lizzy Lawrence@LizzyLaw_ · Jul 7

Exclusive: I spoke with 15 employees at the FDA to get a sense of how the agency is functioning since the April 1 layoffs. They described tanking morale and an intensifying staff exodus. Read more here: statnews.com/2025/07/07/fda…

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STAT@statnews · Jul 3

Here's how the tax-cut bill that’s headed to Trump’s desk would upend health care trib.al/8XwObNk

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 2

Dr. Oz tries to seal the deal on Trump’s tax-cut bill statnews.com/2025/07/02/dr-…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Dr. Oz reassured lawmakers wary of deep health care cuts in Trump's tax bill.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 2

How the Senate’s bill would reshape health care statnews.com/2025/07/02/tru…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Trump's tax cut bill makes major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 1

GOP House staffer tells me it’s “hard to say” whether some House moderates will go along with the deeper Medicaid cuts in the Senate bill. Even the larger rural health fund “isn’t going to be enough to address their concerns,” the person said.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jul 1

Senate passes Trump’s tax-cut bill that would slash Medicaid spending statnews.com/2025/07/01/sen…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. The Senate has passed a $4.5 trillion tax cut bill after last-minute changes to its health care provisions, as Republicans scrambled to get their party on board.

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Rick Berke@rickberke · Jun 29

11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects statnews.com/2025/06/29/11-… via @statnews @_daniel_payne

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 29

11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects statnews.com/2025/06/29/11-…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Senate GOP version of the tax bill would strip 11.8 million people of health insurance over the next decade, CBO estimated.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 28

Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian statnews.com/2025/06/28/sen…

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 26

What the parliamentarian's rulings could mean for Republican's Medicaid proposals statnews.com/2025/06/26/sen…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Republicans are regrouping after key Medicaid measures were struck from their tax cut bill.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 25

As Trump’s deadline nears, Republicans have significant differences to work through on their Medicaid cuts statnews.com/2025/06/25/hea…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. Disputes over health care threaten to delay the tax cut bill President Trump wants on his desk by July 4.

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STAT@statnews · Jun 23

Senate Republicans are considering adding a provision to President Trump’s tax cut bill that would further cut Medicaid, alarming hospitals and potentially squeezing state budgets even further. trib.al/8ZCnkRl

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 23

Scoop: Senate Republicans are considering a new provision that would further cut Medicaid funding in the OBBB statnews.com/2025/06/23/gop…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. The proposal would sharply limit federal spending on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.

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Daniel Payne@_daniel_payne · Jun 20

Inside Senate Republicans' debate — and hospitals' lobbying push — over Medicaid cuts statnews.com/2025/06/20/tru…

_daniel_payne's tweet card. The Senate returns next week with critical choices on Medicaid policies that could cost hospitals billions of dollars and lead to millions losing coverage.

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