On Dec. 10, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a compromise version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), by a vote of 312 to 112. ...more
12/11/2025
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A revised version of the BIOSECURE Act is included in the Senate-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 (NDAA). It was considered but did not move forward in the last Congress....more
10/24/2025
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On Sept. 15, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The fund was created as part of the recently passed...more
When Congress fails to appropriate funding for the government by the of the next fiscal year on Oct. 1, the government shuts down. Interruptions in federal agency funding at the beginning of a fiscal year have become the...more
On July 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed physician fee schedule (PFS) rule. After five years of Medicare reimbursement reductions, CMS proposes a 3.8% increase in physician...more
The President’s Budget Request Impact on Programs for the Disabled and Older Americans Act Programs -
This is part three of a series on health care budget cuts....more
This is part two of a series on health care budget cuts.
The President’s Budget Requests Dramatically Reduce Biomedical Research -
The president’s budget request was a major disappointment to those interested in...more
This is part one of a series on health care budget cuts.
The Trump administration sent its budget – essentially its appropriation request to the Hill. While such a budget represents the administration’s wish list, in...more
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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