Policy Blog

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.

This week: the Senate votes to end the historic 36-day government shutdown, though the deal excludes ACA subsidy extensions and leaves millions facing potential premium increases.

This week’s digest: agencies in crisis, providers under pressure, and everyone wondering who’s actually steering the ship.

This week: how federal dysfunction collides with Medicare Advantage’s first enrollment contraction in 20 years, raising fundamental questions about healthcare system stability and access for vulnerable populations.