Daniel Payne

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

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

New from @TaraBannow @_daniel_payne and me: The administration's work requirements policy narrows the definition of medical frailty, which experts say means more sick and disabled people are likely to lose their health insurance. https://t.co/BNlwwpNV7d

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

The unwelcome surprise for some states and patients in Republicans' Medicaid work requirements:

w/ @TaraBannow @ChelseaCirruzzo

https://t.co/A6E8AIq2FU

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

It's not just USAID and CDC cuts affecting outbreak responses:

NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola, by @AnilOza16

https://t.co/jt0HSQvJ3L

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

The Biden admin developed hundreds of pages of federal disease response plans — including handling diseases like Ebola and getting exposed Americans back home for treatment.

The Trump admin has largely ignored them.

w/ @ChelseaCirruzzo

https://t.co/bmr8vz0Mv1

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

New from @_daniel_payne and me: Before departing the White House, Biden officials handed hard copies of what to do in the case of certain biological threats (like Ebola) to Trump officials. Now, they say, it looks like they've been ignored: https://t.co/KlV1K2VgVp

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

When the Trump administration came into office, it was presented with a playbook, 100s of pages long, detailing how to organize a multi-agency response to threats, including #Ebola. It's not being used, @_daniel_payne & @ChelseaCirruzzo report. https://t.co/56LPvglzzD

[Jason Ukman @JasonUkman]

NEW: Biden officials prepared extensive plans to be used in the case of disease outbreaks. With Ebola in DRC, the Trump admin has gone its own way, per former CDC officials who previously worked in the Trump admin.

https://t.co/TtPr1XtGoU

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

Acting head of NIH’s infectious disease institute reported to have stepped down

via @HelenBranswell @AnilOza16

https://t.co/YiUgVJpHb3

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

New w/ @_daniel_payne: HHS plans to issue a warning from the surgeon general's office on screen time, according to a draft we reviewed. The report could come just after RFK Jr. assigned a temp surgeon general because there isn't a Senate-confirmed one. https://t.co/2n906k2uwT

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

How the Democratic Republic of the Congo's health system — now at the center of the Ebola outbreak — changed after U.S. aid was cut, according to people who worked in the country:

[STAT @statnews]

Exclusive: Sources say USAID cuts damaged epidemic preparedness and hampered the DRC's Ebola response, a perfect storm fueling third-largest outbreak in history https://t.co/gEzST1Saq8

[STAT @statnews]

Exclusive: Sources say USAID cuts damaged epidemic preparedness and hampered the DRC's Ebola response, a perfect storm fueling third-largest outbreak in history https://t.co/gEzST1Saq8

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

NEW: The Trump admin's foreign aid cuts have hampered infection control in the DRC as the country's Ebola outbreak grows, people involved across the region tell me

https://t.co/BpAnbXcsYh

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

White House taps Amazon, GoodRx, and Mark Cuban to bolster TrumpRx

https://t.co/YRfvwzQ0sw

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

Sen. Bill Cassidy will lose his seat after not advancing to his state’s Senate primary run-off. @_daniel_payne and I have the story about how Cassidy, a liver doctor, risked his legacy for RFK Jr. and how it failed to pay off: https://t.co/73KNPflFmf

[Zachary Tracer @ZTracer]

Bill Cassidy risked his legacy with a vote for RFK Jr. It didn't save his career. by @ChelseaCirruzzo @_daniel_payne https://t.co/Q1TLBacc08

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

Over a recent breakfast, U.S. officials had a message for the German ambassador: pay more for prescription drugs — or potentially face new tariffs.

Japan and Switzerland could be next.

https://t.co/kDqgtddBpd

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

Some interesting other things we learned in reporting out this piece: Bill Cassidy was once behind a massive pro-Hep B vx program in Louisiana. Businesses offered t-shirts and put up billboards. At one point, Cassidy showed schoolchildren what a diseased liver looks like.

[Daniel Payne @_daniel_payne]

NEW: The wish list driving the Trump administration’s search for its next FDA chief

w/ @LizzyLaw_

https://t.co/2sas9kOvcF

[STAT @statnews]

Sen. Bill Cassidy risked his legacy. It may not be enough to save his career. https://t.co/34T7kyEPh4

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

Why did Bill Cassidy agree to confirm RFK Jr. as health secretary and did it pay off in his reelection bid? @_daniel_payne and I talked to friends, colleagues, staffers, and pollsters to find out how two votes could topple the career of Congress’ top doc: https://t.co/73KNPflFmf