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Monday, October 6, 2025

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Senate Democrats are maintaining that this government shutdown is a fight over healthcare costs rather than just a budget dispute. Democrats are betting that while the immediate pain of the...
Vice President Vance Conditions Obamacare Talks on Reopening Government

Vice President Vance Conditions Obamacare Talks on Reopening Government

On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government officially entered a shutdown. The impasse centers largely on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies — a dynamic that could have serious...
Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Expire Tomorrow for Medicare Beneficiaries

Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home Expire Tomorrow for Medicare Beneficiaries

Medicare beneficiaries are at risk of losing access to two critical virtual care programs that have been available since the pandemic began, with key telehealth and hospital-at-home flexibilities set to...

Headlines from DC

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, has been fired by her boss, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Marrazzo alleges that her firing is retaliation for a whistleblower claim she filed with the Office of Special Counsel last month. Read more. Thursday, October 2, 2025
Republicans know that extending the ACA subsidies are good for their constituents, but it means giving Dems a win. How long will they hold out and keep the government shut down? Read the latest. Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Doctors might be exempt from President Trump's $100,000 H1B visa fee Read the latest. Monday, September 22, 2025
HHS opens applications for the rural health fund More details here. Monday, September 15, 2025

Whispers

Rumor has it some Dems in Senate are OK with a short 7 day clean CR so they can hash out the larger healthcare portion with the governement operating.

Trump cancels meeting to hash out CR with Democratic leadership.

Speaker Johnson released the CR language to keep the government funded until Nov. 20…but it doesn’t have the ACA language that the Dems are demanding. Are we going to have a showdown ending in a shutdown?

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez is now expected to testify under oath about her firing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the eve of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices committee meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 18-19.

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