
Policy Digest — February 16, 2026
This week’s digest features our deep dive into RFK Jr.’s first year at HHS, marked by broken promises, eroding public trust, and a push to reshape American health policy. Elsewhere, ACA exchanges face enrollment declines and sweeping proposed rules after subsidy expiration, the CDC confronts both grant clawbacks and a leadership vacuum, Medicaid work requirements advance toward impacting millions, and vaccine policy turmoil continues on multiple fronts.
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