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Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of March 2, 2026

Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of March 2, 2026

Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly escalate fight over 340B drug pricing What’s happening: Drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are taking new steps to limit how hospitals and clinics access discounted...
HIV safety net strains under state budget pressure

HIV safety net strains under state budget pressure

States facing tighter budgets are narrowing access to HIV medications funded through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, raising new concerns for hospitals and health systems that care for vulnerable populations....
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of February 22, 2026

Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of February 22, 2026

Medicare Advantage Plans Face Scrutiny Over Marketing Practices What’s happening: Federal regulators and lawmakers are raising concerns about misleading marketing tactics by some Medicare Advantage plans, particularly around supplemental benefits and...

Headlines from DC

Minnesota sues federal government over withheld Medicaid funds. More details here. Tuesday, March 3, 2026
NY State orders NYU Langone to restore its transgender youth health program More details here. Tuesday, March 3, 2026
$664 billion is set to disappear from states’ Medicaid budgets through 2034 as a result of policy changes included in OBBBA, according to new state-by-state projections from RAND Read more. Monday, March 2, 2026
Big shake up at CDC: Principal Deputy Director Ralph Abraham steps down, following other shifts at HHS. Read more. Monday, February 23, 2026

Whispers

President Trump is hopping mad that SCOTUS struck down his tariffs, now he’s asking for a 10% across the board tariff using Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act.

With the everything in the government funded except DHS and political priorities shifting ahead of the mid-terms, we’re hearing that any changes to reinstate the ACA subsidies are dead in the water.

HHShas agreed to scrap a contentious 340B Drug Pricing Program rebate model and go back to the drawing board, ending the AHA lawsuit.

What we’re waiting to see: a bipartisan group of Senators is expected to release their response to the House bill that passed last week reviving the ACA talks.

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Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of March 2, 2026
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Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly escalate fight over 340B drug pricing What’s happening:...

HIV safety net strains under state budget pressure
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HIV safety net strains under state budget pressure

States facing tighter budgets are narrowing access to HIV medications funded through...

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