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Congressional Committees Advance Broad Health Care Legislation Before August Recess

Health Care Rulemakings to Watch in the Trump Administration's Unified Agenda

Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 20 – Healthcare Policy

Failing Them Why Are We? We are failing our children, the next generation. I have been spending an inordinate amount of time studying cellular biology and mitochondrial function in...

Government pushes sweeping health sector reforms

CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT has rolled out an ambi­tious health sector reform agenda aimed at modernising legislative frame­works and expanding universal healthcare access.......

Healthcare affordability, fraud are key issues for voters heading into 2026 midterms

Healthcare affordability is still the leading overall issue for voters heading into midterms, though another Trump administration talking point is gaining steam, according to a KFF...

5 Key Proposals in Trump’s “Great Healthcare Plan

Navigating the American medical landscape often feels like trying to decode a foreign language while watching your bank account drain. If you have ever opened...

Premiums, out-of-pocket costs dominate Americans’ healthcare concerns, survey shows

Respondents were split on who should solve the issues, with Democrats more likely to say the federal government and Republicans more likely to name insurers, according to a survey...

Mark Cuban's recipe for affordable healthcare includes these 5 policy changes

This week, lawmakers in the Texas state House brought in more than a dozen expert speakers to discuss how to make healthcare more affordable. One of those experts was entrepreneur...

Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process

Last year, the Trump administration announced a voluntary pledge by dozens of insurers to improve prior authorization, which often requires patients to seek approval before treatme...

The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It 

Democrats have glommed onto proposals...

Healthcare Groups Praise Unanimous Committee Approval of MA Prior Auth Bill

The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously advanced a bill to reform Medicare Advantage prior authorization requirements. The post Healthcare Groups Praise Unanimous Committee...

State of the Market 2026: A Focus on Healthcare

The healthcare industry continues to navigate a complex risk landscape. Rising claim severity, social inflation, workforce challenges and ongoing regulatory pressures are some of t...

Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming

Health Equity by Design: Lessons from International Health Policy Programming This year, AcademyHealth and the Commonwealth Fund invited a group of early-career scholars to...

Health Provider News

NATIONAL CMS Medicaid fraud unit flags 50 providers, $203M in payments CMS’ proposed remote patient monitoring ban, explained D.C. appeals court sides with HHS in 340B drug discoun...

Trends in Recent Healthcare Restrictive Covenant Laws

State legislatures have accelerated efforts to limit restrictive covenants for healthcare professionals, creating a changing and fragmented legal landscape. To understand where we’...

Column: HMSA’s policies put healthcare at risk

Every week, we see new patients who had to wait months to refill prescriptions or get a checkup. Hawaii County has a 43% provider shortage that is projected to worsen to 50%-60%. R...

Health Provider News

NATIONAL 41 health systems warn of MyChart ‘Medicare Kit’ scam 5 provisions AAMC, AHA want rewritten in parallel 340B pushes AAHKS: CMS cuts punish joint replacement efficiency DEA...

Calls for exigent reforms escalate

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER DEMANDS for more healthcare reforms in the country are growing, as most citizens lack medical insurance, which restricts their... To acc...

Watch: Democratic Senator Proposes a Fix for American Healthcare — Covering All Kids

Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey wants to offer universal healthcare until age 26. He sat down with KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to answer the question: “How Would You Fix It?”

Critical Public Health: Fiscal Reform Under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and It’s Public Health Implications

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is framed by its proponents as the largest middle-class tax cut in U.S. history and a catalyst for economic growth. Yet, beneath the marketing of ‘jobs...

How to Build Healthcare PE Deals That Can Withstand Scrutiny

Private equity investment in healthcare has grown from $5 billion annually in 2000 to an estimated $104 billion in 2024, and private equity firms now own 488 U.S. hospitals. Federa...

Health Provider News

NATIONAL $50B Rural Health Transformation Program needs more transparency, groups say 5 340B court updates to know CareCloud data breach affects 3.8M patients DOJ steps up crackdow...

New Bill Seeks to Create Public Option on ACA Marketplaces

Rep. Angie Craig introduced a bill to establish a public health insurance option on the ACA marketplaces and permanently extend enhanced premium tax credits. The post New Bill Seek...

Letter: HMSA policy will hurt those already in need

I was appalled to read about HMSA’s plan to drop patients from primary care physician (PCP) panels if an electronic claim for that patient has not been processed within the past 18...