
Policy Update – September 29, 2025
This week: government shutdown… will they? won’t they?

This week: government shutdown… will they? won’t they?

HS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces an unprecedented crisis of confidence as bipartisan lawmakers, over 1,000 federal employees, medical societies, and his own family demand his resignation amid controversial vaccine policies and CDC leadership upheaval.

This week: With at least six top leaders resigning, congressional hearings underway, and former CDC directors warning of dangers to American health, the crisis threatens to fundamentally reshape the nation’s disease surveillance and emergency response capabilities.

This week: federal health agencies face unprecedented upheaval as the Supreme Court upholds $783 million in NIH cuts, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. drives sweeping reforms amid employee revolt, and major medical societies openly defy CDC guidance—signaling a fundamental restructuring of American healthcare policy that will reshape everything from drug approvals to patient care standards.

This week: Healthcare AI explodes with 38.5% market growth while paradoxically “deskilling” providers, as the Trump administration’s vaccine policy reversals and MAHA initiative pivot spark scientific controversy.

This week: Prasad does the Hokey Pokey at CBER as MAHA continues to take root across federal programs.

This Week: From Medicare’s potential $2.5 billion in savings through service cuts and the FDA’s leadership exodus to NIH funding slashed to just 4% of applications and Trump’s drug pricing ultimatum, seismic policy shifts and financial upheavals are reshaping every corner of America’s healthcare landscape.

This Week: It’s HOT!

This Week: CMS publishes awaited payment rules and CBO publishes estimates on the impact of NIH and FDA cuts on drug innovation.

This Week: Kennedy weighs in on prevention and vaccines, more BBB and Prior Auth news, and FDA opens the vault on its drug decisions.
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