Advocacy

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.

In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we highlight ongoing policy changes regarding Medicaid work requirements, the future of the children’s vaccine schedule, and fewer grants being awarded from the NIH and NSF leading to less research – especially research related to underserved patients.

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine intensifying debates over ACA tax credits, the ripple effects of delayed federal research funding, and emerging federal actions that could reshape vaccine policy and the public health workforce.

In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we highlight proposed policy changes to Medicare premiums and Medicare Advantage while debates related to extending ACA tax credits continue—all of which could affect health care coverage for millions of people