TrumpRx: What Hospital and Health System Leaders Should Know
President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a new federal prescription drug pricing initiative called TrumpRx, designed to offer Americans discounted medication prices directly through a government-run website, TrumpRx.gov. The platform…
More Americans Choosing Higher Deductible ACA Plans
A growing number of Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) enrollees are selecting health plans with significantly higher deductibles as they shop the 2026 Marketplace. This trend appears tied to…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of January 26, 2026
Americans’ Challenges With Health Care Costs What’s happening: A new KFF analysis highlights persistent affordability challenges, including rising premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs that are forcing many Americans to delay or…
When Immigration Enforcement Meets Clinical Care: Hospital Leaders Confront ICE Presence in Health Care Settings
Health care leaders across the United States are facing a growing challenge as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents appear with increasing frequency in or around hospitals. Recent reports from…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of January 19, 2026
U.S. officially exits World Health Organization, accusing agency of failuresWhat’s happening: The U.S. has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organization, with federal officials arguing the agency failed to act…
What’s in the 2026 Bi-Partisan Health Budget Proposal
Congress unveiled a bipartisan health package on January 20, 2026, as part of a broader $1.2 trillion spending measure to fund the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of…
President Trump releases his “Great Health Care” plan
President Donald Trump this month rolled out what the White House is calling the “Great Health Care” plan, a sweeping proposal that would remake federal health policy while leaving many…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of January 12, 2026
Donald Trump’s ‘Great’ Healthcare Plan Leaves Unanswered QuestionsWhat’s happening: The article outlines Trump’s claims about an upcoming health care plan but emphasizes that no details have been provided on insurance…
Mental health and addiction grants whiplash rattles providers
Hospital and health system leaders woke up this week to a familiar but still jarring reality in Washington: federal funding can disappear and reappear almost overnight. On Jan. 14, the…
New Federal Program Sends $181M to Washington State, but Rural Hospitals Still Face Challenges
Washington state received more than $181 million from the Rural Health Transformation Fund, part of a $50 billion federal program designed to strengthen rural healthcare across the country. The funds…