Adriel Bettelheim

@abettel

Senior health care editor at @axios. http://abettel.bsky.social Signal: oradea.10

Washington, D.C.

Joined March 2009

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What’s next for the $50B for rural health in Republicans’ big bill? axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosvitals @victoriaregisk

abettel's tweet card. Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Key decisions will shape rural health fund

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Scott Gottlieb, MD 🇺🇸@ScottGottliebMD · Jul 24

FDA’s cancer review teams have lost about 1/3 of the medical review staff that oversee products for breast and gynecological cancers and the malignant heme group may lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among more seasoned reviewers

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Alec MacGillis@AlecMacGillis · Jul 24

Thank god for Palmers Variety Store in Pittsfield, Mass., which still carries 11 daily newspapers, everything from NY Post to FT (NYT out of frame to left). This at a time when you can't buy a single paper at the Philadelphia or Baltimore train station, and many other places.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 24

UnitedHealth says it's facing DOJ criminal and civil investigations over its Medicare billing practices and has launched an independent review. sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archiv…

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 24

1 big thing: A Medicare change gives hospitals heartburn axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosvitals @mayagoldman_

abettel's tweet card. Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: A Medicare change gives hospitals heartburn

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Anjalee Khemlani@AnjKhem · Jul 23

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink expects to put its chips in 20,000 people a year by 2031, generating at least $1 billion in annual revenue bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 24

Med tech firms reassess costs of Trump tariffs. axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosvitals

abettel's tweet card. Axios Vitals - Med tech firms dial back tariff cost forecasts

Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 23

U.S. nuclear and health agencies hit in Microsoft SharePoint breach wapo.st/4mcF46w

abettel's tweet card. Victims of the recent global hacking campaign include the National Institutes of Health and the National Nuclear Security Administration, officials said.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 23

RFK Jr. greenlights removing mercury-containing preservative from flu shots. axios.com/2025/07/23/rfk…

abettel's tweet card. The move hinged on the discredited belief that the compound thimerosal is harmful at levels in vaccines.

Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 23

WATCH: Axios interviews Senators Tillis, Hawley and more on GOP megabill and more. axios.com/2025/07/17/axi…

abettel's tweet card. Axios hosts a News Shapers event in Washington, D.C., featuring conversations with key lawmakers.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 23

MAHA-inspired Coke shift isn't a health win, nutritionists say axios.com/2025/07/23/mah… @mayagoldman_

abettel's tweet card. The movement's strategy focuses on individual ingredients and ignores the bigger point, nutritionists say.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 22

This is a fairly shocking detail in @adamfeuerstein and @Jasonmmast's latest story on why the FDA acted when it did in response to most recent $SRPT patient death:

AAdam Feuerstein ✡️@adamfeuerstein · Jul 22

EXCLUSIVE: Sarepta Therapeutics’ $SRPT Duchenne therapy faces ‘arduous’ path back to market, senior FDA official says statnews.com/2025/07/22/fda… via @Jasonmmast and me.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 22

House bails early for August recess amid Epstein files uproar axios.com/2025/07/22/hou…

abettel's tweet card. The final House votes before September are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 22

Coca-Cola to launch cane sugar soda in fall after Trump demand axios.com/2025/07/22/tru…

abettel's tweet card. President Trump said last week the company would switch to cane sugar as its soda sweetener.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 22

States sue over citizenship curbs on Head Start, clinics axios.com/2025/07/21/sta…

abettel's tweet card. The AGs argue the citizenships restrictions put key social safety net programs at risk of closing.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 22

1 big thing: RFK’s new fix for the organ donation system axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosvitals

abettel's tweet card. Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: New fix for the organ donation system

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 21

New estimate shows 10 million to lose coverage under GOP law axios.com/2025/07/21/gop… @PeterSullivan4

abettel's tweet card. The estimate illustrates the stakes of health policy changes heading into the midterms.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 21

Drugmaker refuses FDA request to pull gene therapy axios.com/2025/07/21/fda…

abettel's tweet card. The standoff could test the Trump administration's willingness to pull a gene therapy from the market.

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 21

Doctor practice acquisitions drove up costs. axios.com/newsletters/ax… #axiosvitals

abettel's tweet card. Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Doctor practice acquisitions drive up costs

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Adriel Bettelheim@abettel · Jul 18

HHS shares Medicaid enrollees' data for immigration enforcement axios.com/2025/07/17/med… @mayagoldman_

abettel's tweet card. The arrangement raises questions about whether the information is being used to deport undocumented immigrants.

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