Recent Updates on Vaccines: What They Mean for Public Health and Health Systems
The landscape of vaccine policy and public health in the United States has shifted dramatically in 2025, marked by changes in federal leadership, vaccine recommendations, and the launch of independent…
Switch to CMS Could Spell Trouble for 340B Program
More scrutiny could be coming to 340B hospital and health care provider program. Healthcare Dive is reporting that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wants to move jurisdiction and…
Big Beautiful Bill in the Homestretch
Few budget reconciliation bills can be compared to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The U.S. Senate is voting on the provisions of the bill as well as amendments in…
ICE Raids in Hospitals: What’s Changed, What Hospitals Are Experiencing, and How to Respond
The rollback of federal protections for hospitals as “sensitive locations” has intensified concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in healthcare settings and has sown fear and confusion among…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of June 23, 2025
Supreme Court Upholds the Affordable Care Act’s Preventative Care Mandates In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that mandates…
Senate GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Face Backlash Amid Rural Hospital Concerns
Senate Republicans’ ambitious “Big, Beautiful Bill,” aimed at extending tax cuts and overhauling Medicaid, is encountering significant resistance due to proposed deep cuts to Medicaid and the potential impact on…
SCOTUS Backs South Carolina, National Impact to Medicaid Reimbursement
At Policy ICU, we’ve often talked about other avenues for change in health care that exist beyond Congress. The “one big, beautiful bill” is taking up most of the attention…
Senate Budget Bill in Flux as July 4 Deadline Looms
The “Big Beautiful Budget Bill,” a central priority for President Donald Trump, faces increasing uncertainty in the Senate despite initial momentum. With just over a week until the President’s self-imposed…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of June 16, 2025
CDC Seeks Stability Amid ACIP Tensions and Leadership Transition Internal briefings at the CDC addressed growing concerns over recent controversy involving its vaccine advisory panel, ACIP, and provided updates on…
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…