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Friday, June 20, 2025

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Death by a Thousand Medicaid Cuts

President Donald Trump pushed to have a budget reconciliation bill completed by the Fourth of July. But like all things in politics, the deadline and the goal posts are moving...

Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, upholding Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors. Chief Justice Roberts ruled that such restrictions...

U.S. Senate Deep Medicaid Cuts, New Poll Measures “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act Opposition

Politico reports that hospital CEOs and leaders are urging the U.S. Senate to “preserve” Medicaid and reconsider a new Senate proposal that would cut federal Medicaid reimbursement contributions to some...

Headlines from DC

Alternate vaccine review body the Vaccine Integrity Project to meet this summer in light of RFK Jr.'s changes to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization More details here. Wednesday, June 18, 2025

In a move that appears designed to discourage agents from selling certain Medicare Advantage plans, UnitedHealth Group cuts commissions. Read more. Tuesday, June 17, 2025

RFK Jr. dismisses the entire 17-member Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. Read the latest. Monday, June 9, 2025

More than 90 NIH employees sign the "Bethesda Declaration" letter of dissent over funding cuts. Read more. Monday, June 9, 2025

Whispers

Cue “Hamilton” … 🎶You don’t have the votes… You don’t have the votes…🎶…the Big Beautiful Budget Bill is going to a Senate Appropriations Committee because there aren’t enough votes as is. Stay tuned!

Senator Hawley (R-MO) recognizes the danger of big Medicaid cuts telling reporters on Monday “In Missouri, we lost like a dozen rural hospitals in the course of just a few years — why would we do that, risk that?” His support of the bill is TBD and demonstrates the uphill climb in the Senate.

Hearing that Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) and chair of the House Freedom Caucus is not on board with the reconciliation package that is currently being pushed. Will we make the Memorial Day deadline? Is it doomed? TBD…

Dr. Wyatt Decker, EVP Value Based Care at UnitedHealth Group just said at Axios Future of Health that they will “…never use AI to deny care, that needs to be a doctor to doctor conversation.”

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