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…
Trump administration halts Medicaid funding to Minnesota citing fraud
The Trump administration has temporarily halted some Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing concerns about fraud and program integrity, a move that is sending ripples through statehouses and C-suites alike. Vice…
The State of Vaccines in the U.S. in 2026
Presently, the United States finds itself deeply divided over the direction of vaccine policy. A group of 15 states filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of February 16, 2026
Trump required hospitals to post their prices to patients. Mostly, it’s industry using the dataWhat’s happening: Hospitals were required under the Trump administration to publicly post pricing data to improve…
Single-Payer Bill is Back in California
Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat, introduced Assembly Bill 1900 in February 2026. If passed, it would lead California to transition to CalCare — a single-payer health care coverage…
Medicaid resets under the “One Big Beautiful Bill”: What to expect
Hospitals are heading into another period of Medicaid disruption. The sweeping health provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” signed by President Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of February 9, 2026
Judge blocks Trump administration from rescinding $602M in public health grants What’s happening: A federal judge in Illinois temporarily stopped the administration from proceeding with plans to claw back $602…
CMS signals leaner ACA plans ahead for 2027
A new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could reshape the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2027, with lower premiums but higher out of pocket exposure…
PBMs under pressure as Washington sharpens its focus on drug costs
Pharmacy benefit managers are no strangers to criticism. What is different in 2026 is the intensity, the bipartisan alignment and the regulatory follow-through. In recent weeks, Congress, federal regulators and…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of February 2, 2026
Partial government shutdown looms, threatening to stall health funding package and telehealth extensions |What’s happening: Lawmakers face a looming partial government shutdown that could delay a bipartisan health funding package,…