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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we new challenges to scientific integrity and public health leadership as former top officials express concern about vaccine policy changes and agency cuts, while the Supreme Court considers a case with implications for LGBTQ+ youth mental health and health equity.
Posted Oct 9, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we examine growing financial and operational strain on health systems due to Medicaid cuts, shifting vaccine policies that are complicating pediatric care, and new questions about federal public health leadership. These developments have significant implications for access, equity, and the stability of health systems and care delivery nationwide.
Posted Oct 7, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we examine a historic exodus of federal health experts and widespread furloughs are crippling key agencies like the FDA and CDC, while disappearing CDC webpages and the expiration of Medicare-funded care programs raise urgent concerns about public health access, transparency, and research continuity.
Posted Oct 2, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine ongoing shutdown negotiations affecting ACA subsidies and Medicaid work requirements, as well as AHRQ’s new research strategy and its implications for health equity and implementation science.
Posted Sep 30, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine AHRQ’s newly released priorities, expert responses to recent claims on autism and vaccines, and the latest on the government shutdown.
Posted Sep 25, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine the GAO's challenge to AHRQ impoundments, marking a critical juncture for federal health research funding, alongside the potential impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts and ACA tax credit shifts on health care access and affordability.
Posted Sep 23, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we highlight testimony raising questions about scientific integrity at the CDC, the potential impacts of a government shutdown on ACA subsidies and research funding, and the launch of a $50B CMS initiative to transform rural health care.
Posted Sep 18, 2025
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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we highlight a recent executive order affecting federal funding of research, efforts to disband an expert panel that reviews drug applications, as well as impacts of Medicaid cuts following the reconciliation bill that further threaten science-driven research and evidence.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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A recent Executive Order could shift federal health research funding from a science-driven model to one with increased political and fiscal control, potentially disrupting traditional research processes and priorities in favor of conformity with political and ideological goals.
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In this issue of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report, we examine HHS’s new child health strategy, looming Medicaid cuts impacting pediatric care, rising tensions over vaccine oversight, and delays to federal data and Medicare policy initiatives. AcademyHealth continues to champion evidence-based policy and support the health research community.
Posted Sep 11, 2025