Advocacy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report a new House GOP Medicaid proposal deepens internal divisions, a federal court temporarily halts sweeping HHS workforce cuts, and key ACA subsidies face an uncertain future — all developments with major implications for coverage, state budgets, and the future of U.S. health policy.

In this edition of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, stakeholders advocate for AHRQ as legal battles over HHS cuts unfold and Medicaid caps threaten to shift billions in costs to states—putting equitable, evidence-based care at risk.