STAT+: A shakeup at HHS, a toast to bipartisanship, and a cheese poof war
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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<\/a>\u00a0to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.<\/em><\/p>\n Sen. Thom Tillis apparently went to the Nine Inch Nails<\/a> show last week. I\u2019m wondering whether any of Trent Reznor\u2019s lyrics on alienation, numbness, and resignation speak to the North Carolina Republican as he retires. \u201cWhat have I become, my sweetest friend?\u201d from Hurt<\/em>? Or \u201cI believe I can see the future \u2019cause I repeat the same routine\u201d from Every Day Is Exactly the Same<\/em>? Send news tips and your favorite \u201890s industrial tunes to John.Wilkerson@statnews.com<\/a> or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal.<\/p>\n Last week, a bipartisan group of staffers met at Union Pub in Washington for happy hour drinks to celebrate the health care package<\/a> that they negotiated as part of the HHS funding bill that Congress passed last month. It was the first bipartisan health care legislation to pass in more than 3 years.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nA toast to bipartisanship<\/h2>\n