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            This edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report highlights the Supreme Court’s preservation of the preventive care mandate, the Senate’s passage of a sweeping reconciliation bill that slashes Medicaid, and a federal judge’s rebuke of unlawful NIH funding cuts.
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 30, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            In this edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, House Republicans push back against deep Senate Medicaid cuts, two dozen states sue over abrupt grant terminations, and HHS Secretary Kennedy faces scrutiny over his leadership, lack of transparency, and misinformation.
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 26, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we highlight changes to a Senate reconciliation bill that blocked several proposed cuts to government services and funding, limits on ACA enrollment and coverage, and more. 
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 24, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            In this issue, Senate proposals threaten Medicaid access and the federal workforce, and a major Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee’s gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 20, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we highlight sweeping changes to federal vaccine policy, deep cuts to global health and research funding, and growing dissent from NIH scientists. 
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 17, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            This week’s Situation Report covers a major lawsuit against HHS over alleged wrongful firings, Senate budget negotiations that could make it harder to enroll in Medicaid and raise health care costs, and highlights opportunities for researchers to help track cancelled AHRQ grants and weigh in on federal tech policy.
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 5, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            This week’s Situation Report delves into the latest HHS budget proposal and Senate deliberations, which could bring notable changes to several federal agencies and research funding.
  
      
            
        Posted       Jun 3, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            This week’s Situation Report delves into AcademyHealth's legal pursuit to restore public health data, Senate budget tensions, the MAHA Commission’s controversial report on children’s health, and a key SCOTUS ruling allowing agency head removal. 
  
      
            
        Posted       May 28, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
  
    
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            In response to the sweeping removal of public health information from federal websites, AcademyHealth announced that it has joined a federal lawsuit seeking to restore access to critical data erased by recent actions by the Trump Administration. 
  
      
            
        Posted       May 20, 2025
  
      
              
              
    
					
    
    
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            This week’s Situation Report covers major federal shakeups—from RFK Jr.’s defense of deep HHS cuts to a Harvard funding freeze and Medicaid rollback threats. We’re also asking the health services research community to share what’s at stake when research is disrupted.
  
      
            
        Posted       May 16, 2025