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In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Medicaid cuts, a $400 million obesity bet, a study of bias in clinical AI, Amgen’s AI hire from Nike, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Looming Medicaid cuts could hurt maternal health. getty The House of Representatives and the Senate both agreed to a budget framework over the weekend. The framework calls for spending cuts to pay for tax cuts that disproportionately go to the rich and funds to prevent rising deficits while also increasing spending for Trump’s deportations and other policy priorities. It’s widely expected that Medicaid, which provides health insurance to people with low incomes, will be significantly impacted–up to $880 billion over the next 10 years, about a 29% cut. Some of those cuts involve potential changes to Medicaid work requirements, which could remove insurance coverage from as many as five million people. That’s likely to mean less revenue for hospitals, particularly in rural areas, where about 19% of patients are on Medicaid. Family caregivers and long-term care for elderly Americans are also likely to be hit. Another area where Medicaid cuts threaten harm is maternal healthcare. The combination of Medicaid budget cuts, as well as those made to health services by DOGE, could particularly harm the health of women and children. Medicaid pays for more than 40% of all births in the country and covers more than one in four women aged 15 to 49. Andrea Ippolito, Founder of Simplifed, a startup that provides telehealth support for pregnancy and postpartum care, told Forbes that cuts to Medicaid would not only immediately impact the health of women and children, but also cost the healthcare system more in the long run. “If we don’t serve them, that’s just going to lead to…

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