{"id":76581,"date":"2026-04-14T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/congress-returns-to-a-packed-health-care-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:25:35","slug":"congress-returns-to-a-packed-health-care-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/congress-returns-to-a-packed-health-care-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress returns to a packed health care agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>You\u2019re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT\u2019s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.\u00a0Sign up here\u00a0to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump deleted an AI image of himself on Truth Social looking a whole lot like Jesus after conservative Christians cried blasphemy. \u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be me as a doctor,\u201d Trump told reporters while stepping out of the Oval Office to get a McDonald\u2019s delivery. Send news tips\u00a0and surprising\u00a0health care angles to <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"7a30151214542d1316111f080915143a090e1b0e141f0d0954191517\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recess-is-over\"><strong>Recess is over<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Congress returns to a packed health care agenda after two weeks off. 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