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The research consensus shows that rural health systems and patients are going to be severely harmed by the policies enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Supporting AHRQ can give Congress an evidence-based pathway to mitigate harm.
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This edition of AcademyHealth's Situation Report details Academy Health efforts, including a letter Congress, to protect the integrity of the USPSTF and additional Trump Administration actions pose further threats to the federal workforce and health systems.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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In Health Affairs Forefront, AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights the real-world impact of the Administration’s removal of critical datasets, AcademyHealth's federal lawsuit to get the datasets restored, and ways you can get involved and support our work.
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This edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report highlights what the passage of the GOP reconciliation bill means for the field, additional efforts to terminate NIH grants, a lawsuit over the ACA final rule, and ways you can get involved.
Posted Jul 8, 2025
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This edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report offers updates on a series of lawsuits against the Administration, including the ruling that HHS firings were likely unlawful, an NSF policy capping indirect cost recovery at 15 percent was blocked, and states sue over use of Medicaid data for immigration enforcement
Posted Jul 3, 2025
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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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This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates congressional Republican reconciliation legislation, fired HHS employees suing over error-ridden processes, GAO rulings on impoundments, and more.
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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