Federal Health Policy Update for April 24
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 18-24. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House and Senate are in recess until April 28. Upon their [...]
Sneak Peek at HHS Budget Reveals Reorganization, Cuts
A big-picture document summarizing the Trump administration’s intentions for the Department of Health and Human Services suggests the agency is in for a major round of cuts and reorganization, some of which is already underway. Among the cuts noted in [...]
ASH Asks E&C Leadership to Protect Medicaid in Reconciliation Talks
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee works to craft Medicaid legislation for the upcoming budget reconciliation bill, the Alliance of Safety-Net Hospitals has asked its leaders to protect three tools critical to the ability of community safety-net hospitals to [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for April 17
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 11-17. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. The White House President Trump signed an executive order titled “Lowering Drug Prices [...]
States Scramble to Fill Potential Health Insurance Gap
With the clock ticking on the deadline for Congress to renew enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance, a number of states are looking for ways to compensate for the loss of that subsidy money and help some [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for April 10
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for April 4-10. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress The House today passed the budget resolution passed by the Senate last [...]
Filling an $880 Billion Medicaid Hole
With the House of Representatives proposing to set a target of reducing Medicaid spending by $880 billion over the next ten years, a reasonable question is “How would states do that?” In a new report, KFF, a non-profit health policy [...]
Federal Health Policy Update for April 3
The following is the latest health policy news from the federal government for March 28 through April 3. Some of the language used below is taken directly from government documents. Congress - Reconciliation Yesterday, Senate Republicans released their new budget [...]
Keeping Track of HHS Reorganization
Late last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a major reorganization and downsizing of its agencies and operations. Those efforts have already begun, and the following is a selection of news reports describing the changes that have [...]
HHS to Reorganize
The federal Department of Health and Human Services has announced a major restructuring of its operations. The changes include: Terminating an additional 10,000 of the agency’s employees, over and above 10,000 employee reduction that already has taken place, thereby reducing [...]
