Kelly Hooper

health care reporter @politico • @smpagwu alum • jersey girl • @bravotv fanatic • swiftie

[Kelly Hooper @kelhoops]

Several states that cover GLP-1s for Medicaid patients with obesity are limiting or ending coverage as costs for the medications soar.

Doctors worry a major opportunity to improve public health could be lost: https://t.co/9M7Ae1Uyzl

[Kelly Hooper @kelhoops]

Scoop: Top Labor Department spokesperson Courtney Parella Spencer is now leading public affairs at HHS.

She replaces Rich Danker, who resigned in protest this month after the Trump administration authorized the sale of fruit-flavored vapes. w/ @carmenpaun https://t.co/CItyWsG4ug

[Kelly Hooper @kelhoops]

Scoop: Top Labor Department spokesperson Courtney Parella Spencer is now leading public affairs at HHS.

She replaces Rich Danker, who resigned in protest this month after the Trump administration authorized the sale of fruit-flavored vapes. w/ @carmenpaun https://t.co/CItyWsG4ug

[Robert King @rking_19]

There is a dueling narrative emerging around why people are dropping off Obamacare. RFK Jr. says fraud. State-based exchanges and some insurers say higher premiums. Big deep dive with @kelhoops:

https://t.co/YcA77cnYXA

[David Lim @davidalim]

The POLITICO style gods have made the correct decision: health care remains two words in our copy 🫡

[David Lim @davidalim]

SCOOP: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from the agency.

Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the agency, will lead the FDA in an acting capacity.

w/ @Gardner_LM: https://t.co/k4ORTbX8tj

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. https://t.co/CdX5i3SKZN

[Kelly Hooper @kelhoops]

New from me: More Americans, chasing lower premiums, are opting for high-deductible health insurance plans. Republican proposals would turbocharge that shift. https://t.co/PPVIHcpiNj

[Amanda Chu @amandalanchu]

Leaders of the MAHA movement say they’ll help Republicans stay in power – but they’ve got little money to do it

MAHA PAC got only 37 donations since Jan 2025, totaling $1.5 mn. Most of that came from 10 entities, half of whom have ties to drug industry
https://t.co/eKIOHRJdQ1

[Victoria Knight @victoriaregisk]

NO!!! No health reporter asked for this!!!!!!

[Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein]

Does MAHA have as much political clout as its leaders claim? We're about to find out in Louisiana. My latest with the great @liz_crampton: https://t.co/kLuozgN4GB

[POLITICO @politico]

Vaccine skepticism among Americans is widespread, a Politico Poll found.

Nearly half of U.S. adults surveyed in our poll signaled they think the science on vaccines remains up for debate and that it’s damaging to require people to receive them.

🔗 https://t.co/rT7Rw65LUF

[Marcia Brown @Marcia_Brown9]

NEW: In a new poll, @politico asked people what defined the Make America Healthy Again movement, who is in it and how much support the movement's ideas have in the general public.

The results may surprise you ⤵️

Story w/ Kelly Hooper

[POLITICO Press @POLITICOPress]

NEW📊: Men are more likely than women to identify as MAHA supporters, upending the wellness mom stereotype.

And 1 in 5 MAHA supporters voted for Kamala Harris, a new @POLITICO Poll finds.

More from @Marcia_Brown9 & @kelhoops👇
https://t.co/1CLiJfN0Ls

[Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein]

Some late breaking news on a Passover/Easter weekend -->

[Carmen Paun @carmenpaun]

ICYMI in today’s Morning Pulse, a “rogue employee” @HHSGov changed the voice message on one of the dept’s phone numbers to say it was Domino’s pizza. https://t.co/tgvy6nMuYH

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

per Politico Pulse today — someone at HHS, fed up with inbound calls, apparently changed a phone number listed on the agency's website to Domino's Pizza

HHS spox blamed a "rogue employee"

[Amanda Chu @amandalanchu]

The Heritage Foundation is swapping Chick-fil-a for Sweetgreen, while GOP staffers are buying Oura rings and drinking raw milk

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Again movement is reshaping the lifestyles of conservatives in Washington:
https://t.co/qWas3CBpf3

[Kelly Hooper @kelhoops]

Ahead of the Senate votes today, here's how Republicans' and Democrats' competing health plans compare in terms of affordability for consumers: https://t.co/E2bBhqxWbS

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

I'd say this pretty much seems up the ACA debate in the Senate today.
@kelhoops @politico

[Robert King @rking_19]

Here is my recap of the Senate HELP hearing today on healthcare. TLDR: Big on subsidy talks, little on what a deal should be: https://t.co/a4LOwrWvVX