Policy Digest

This week: More fallout for MA payers as Congress grapples with the last of the spending bills and a partial shutdown.

This week: House passes critical funding and skips town. All eyes on the Senate to hold off another shutdown.

This Week: As Congress leaves ACA subsidies in limbo and FDA prepares its most serious vaccine warnings, healthcare stakeholders face a 2026 shaped by expiring tax credits, Medicaid work requirements, and a new CMS innovation model betting big on health tech.

This week: CDC Panel reverses 30-year precedent on Hep B vaccines and Congress flirts with another shutdown.

This week: Happy Thanksgiving.

This week: We saw the end of the 43-day government shutdown that restored over one million federal workers but excluded ACA subsidy extensions, setting up 25%+ premium increases for millions of enrollees.