Read on Washington’s August 2025 Advocacy Update
This month’s “Read on Washington,” available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, updates on impoundments, proposed NIH guidance on gender, and more.
AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: NIH Funding Stalls, GOP Weighs Cuts, Child Vaccine Panel Returns
In this edition of the Situation Report, we highlight stalled NIH research, potential Medicaid and Medicare cuts, the MAHA report, and the revival of the child vaccine safety panel. AcademyHealth is actively responding by elevating member stories, advocating with policymakers, and analyzing policy impacts to protect research and public health.
AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: AHRQ Crisis, Health Data Moves, and Medicare Updates
This week’s Situation Report highlights urgent staffing crises at AHRQ and the VA, both of which are jeopardizing critical health care research and services. We also examine the implications of new CMS policies on Medicare prior authorization and ACA marketplace enrollment.
Price Transparency: Promise and Peril
In the third of a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
AHRQ’s Grant Function is Collapsing Because of Impoundments, Impeding Efforts to Make America Healthy
Critical health services research funding is slowing to a halt, threatening vital innovations that improve care nationwide. New data shows the agency is unable to fulfill its mandate.
AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: Safety Concerns at CDC, FDA Shakeup, and mRNA Vaccine Debate
This edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report explores growing risks to public health researchers and ongoing debates around mRNA vaccine science. We cover recent events at the CDC, leadership changes at the FDA, and controversies over vaccine research.
AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: New Exec Order Tightens Grant Oversight & GAO Rules NIH Broke Law
In this edition, we cover recent federal actions affecting research funding and data access. From new executive orders to GAO findings, these developments have important implications for health services researchers.
Price Transparency: New Frontiers Through Data
The second in a five-part interview series, AcademyHealth and others involved in our Health Data for Action program reflect on this journey to democratize data, and how the funded researchers were able to find ways to create fairer, more effective health solutions that work for everyone.
AcademyHealth's Situation Report: Senate Blocks Cuts, States File Federal Suit Over Care Ban
In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report the Senate rejects major proposed cuts to public health funding, while states file suit against the administration for unlawfully intimidating health care providers into halting gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Losing Public Health Data: What’s at Risk with Aaron Carroll
AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Caroll sits down with Health Affairs This Week for a conversation on the disappearance of federal health data and the real-world consequences for public health, especially in areas like maternal health, youth mental health, and chronic disease.