On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation package, commonly referred to as “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” by a vote of 215-214....more
5/27/2025
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On May 14, 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee passed their section of the budget reconciliation bill that is commonly referred to as “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” following a markup. No further amendments were added to...more
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee started their 26-hour consideration of their portion of the budget reconciliation bill. The House Energy and Commerce Committee budget reconciliation...more
5/20/2025
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On May 5, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order designed to increase U.S. capacity to manufacture drugs domestically.
The order instructs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...more
When Sen. Bill Cassidy became Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee this year, he stated one of his priorities was reforming the 340B Program. On April 24, 2025, he released a majority...more
This is part five in a series of executive orders related to health care.
Trump Recission of Biden Administration Executive Orders -
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more
On March 14, 2025, President Trump rescinded a number of Biden-era executive orders (EOs), two of which are health related.
Executive Order 13994 (2021): The Ensuring a Data Driven Response to COVID-19 and Future...more
On March 12, 2025, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced it was ending four Biden administration payment models early. No reason was provided other than the changes were to “align its statutory...more
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule that in many respects reverts to pre-Biden administration rules and definitions for health care marketplaces across the country. The...more
Price Transparency -
Actions to Make Health Care Prices Transparent -
Feb. 25, 2025 -
This Executive Order is designed to reinforce actions in the previous Trump administration to achieve health care price...more
Public Health -
Withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO)...more
This is part two of a series of executive orders related to health care.
Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare -
Enforcing the Hyde Amendment...more
On Feb. 28, 2025, the Federal Register listed a proposal to end mandatory public comment periods for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This specifically relates to “agency management or personnel or to public...more
This is part one of a series of executive orders related to health care.
Transgender Care -
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation...more
The federal debt limit is not the same as funding the government. If the U.S. defaults on its debt, the ramifications are different than when Congress fails to fund the government. The recently released House Budget...more
On Jan. 16, 2025, a 51-page document attributed to the House Budget Committee was released with policy options and associated budgetary impacts for congressional committees to consider as they work through the reconciliation...more
2/5/2025
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Among the many rescissions of Biden administration Executive Orders, signed by President Trump on his administration’s first day, was a rescission of an Executive Order that encouraged Medicare to lower drug costs and makes...more
1/24/2025
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On September 9, 2024, the House of Representatives passed the BIOSECURE Act by 306 to 81 votes. Before the congressional recess, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had announced he would bring the BIOSECURE Act (H.R. 8333) to...more
This Week in Washington: Congress remains in recess....more
This Week in Washington: Senate Appropriations Committee reports FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill out of committee....more
This Week in Washington: HHS announces reorganization of health technology offices; House recesses early because of an inability to pass appropriations bills; Senate Finance Committee chairman introduces legislation to...more
This Week in Washington: House Rules Committee to consider FY2025 Agriculture-FDA and Related Agencies funding bill amendments; MedPAC releases July 2024 data book on Medicare program spending; National drug shortages fall to...more
On June 24, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final rule that disincentivizes healthcare providers from...more
This Week in Washington: House Appropriations Committee marks up FY2025 Labor-HHS-Education and the Agriculture- FDA and Related Agencies funding bills; Senate Appropriations Committee marks up FY2025 Agriculture-FDA and...more
On July 8, 2024, House Speaker Johnson (R-LA) announced that he would bring the BioSecure Act (H.R. 8333) to the floor for a vote in the Fall. The bill, introduced earlier this year, seeks to halt federal contracts with...more