How the Trump-Vance platform could win or lose

Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโ€™s campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโ€™s riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ€” amid [โ€ฆ]

The Observer view: youth mobility must be part of post-Brexit reset

Keir Starmerโ€™s parochial stance on mooted scheme is short sighted and bodes ill for resetting relationship with BrusselsBritons aged 18 to 30 can apply for visas to live and work for a limited time in 13 countries, including Australia, New Zealand and …

Slovakiaโ€™s health minister facing potential no-confidence vote following turbulent summer [Advocacy Lab Content]

Summer strife deepened conflict between Slovakia’s health minister and the opposition, as Slovakia’s state-owned health insurance company continues to report a staggering loss, with no solution in sight.

โ€˜Itโ€™s disastrousโ€™: White evangelicals waver after Trumpโ€™s shifts on abortion

Trump canโ€™t win without overwhelming evangelical support. His recent comments on abortion have some of his allies on the religious right worried.

Democrats target Trumpโ€™s muddled abortion message

The Harris campaign launched a bus tour on reproductive rights in the former presidentโ€™s adopted home state of Florida, where abortion laws are a centerpiece of the forthcoming election.

Bulgaria under pressure to provide free biomarker tests for cancer patients [Advocacy Lab Content]

Patient organizations in Bulgaria are launching a public campaign to force the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to provide free biomarker diagnostics to people with oncological diseases.

Scholz set to announce compensation for Polish survivors of Nazi crimes

The German chancellor is also expected to announce additional support for the defense of Poland’s eastern flank as the two countries seek to mend long-strained ties.

Slovakiaโ€™s new fiscal deficit measures hit health coverage, staff levels [Advocacy Lab Content]

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, has announced a new wave of proposed cost-saving measures aimed at deficit reduction, but they risk impacting Slovakia’s health service and health insurance provision.

Belgian insurer urges politicians to strengthen low emission zones

Mutualitรฉs Libres among 140 health and environment experts calling for more clean air measuresOne of Belgiumโ€™s mutual health insurers has been taking a closer look at the countryโ€™s three low emission zones.Dr Luk Bruyneel, a health and economics expert…

Speed is everything for patients: together we can bring medicines faster

Innovation only matters if it reaches patients.

Forget the French system โ€“ the NHS is fairer | Letters

Philip Collier, Dr Audrey Boucher and John Oโ€™Sullivan compare healthcare funding in France and the UKI am not sure how Nick Blakey thinks the NHS is currently funded (Letters, 7 December). The whole point is that we all pay through general taxation for…

How the world gets Universal Health Coverage back on track

This Universal Health Coverage Day, letโ€™s focus on what makes a difference: early interventions and funding for noncommunicable diseases.

Czech health insurers agree to โ€˜forgetโ€™ cancer survivorsโ€™ former diagnoses

Czech health insurance providers will not be able to penalise patients based on previous cancer diagnoses if they have successfully completed treatment, following a deal based on the โ€œright to be forgottenโ€ by ministers and insurance companies.ย 

Why a Belgian insurer studies the impact of air pollution on health

Mutualitรฉs Libres says improving air quality ensures sustainability of the social security systemWhy would a health insurance company study air pollution? Because, as Christian Horemans, an environment and health expert with the Belgian mutual insurer …