Advocacy

 In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we examine rising shutdown risks, early signs of a slowdown in the health care workforce, growing capacity gaps at the NIH, and the implications of new health AI infrastructure for health services research.

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we highlight funding shifts that signal bipartisan support for AHRQ and a renewed interest in research funding as well as mixed reactions to President Trump’s health care framework.

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we highlight how recent court rulings have preserved critical funding. We also examine mounting concerns over the erosion of evidence-based policymaking, debates over ACA affordability and rising premiums, and emerging fiscal pressures facing Medicaid and health insurers.

In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we spotlight policy changes that AcademyHealth will be watching in 2026 to keep the field informed including federal funding decisions, the impact of HR1 and Medicaid cuts, ACA subsidies and health care affordability and other developments related to the stability of the health services research ecosystem.

In this edition of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we reflect on our ongoing efforts to keep readers informed and advocate for health services researchers and evidence-based policy through 2025 and beyond.

In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we examine the continued debate around Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and the offering of tax-free funds, as well as concerns around costs and coverage. Experts also highlight risks of vaccine policy changes.

In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we highlight competing health care proposals--most of which don't extend ACA tax credits, a new CMS model that could accelerate digital chronic care, politically driven conditions tied to a $50 billion rural health fund, rising concerns over FDA vaccine oversight as well as calls to reexamine the childhood immunization schedule.

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we highlight a major CDC advisory panel vote to narrow a decades-old hepatitis B vaccination policy, new federal borrowing caps that may reshape the health research workforce, issues related to SNAP administrative funding, evolving FDA regulatory standards, and ongoing concerns about political influence in NIH grantmaking.