Calley Means New Role at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
In a significant development with implications for healthcare policy and hospital operations, Calley Means—longtime adviser to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and influential advocate for the “Make America Healthy…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of November 10, 2025
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds What’s happening: Senate Republicans say they will only support extending expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidy funds if Democrats accept tighter…
Health Care Affordability is Top of Mind for California Voters
Health care affordability has emerged as a top concern in California’s 2026 gubernatorial race, with candidates addressing how they would respond to anticipated federal cuts to safety net programs and…
Senate Republicans Split as ACA Subsidy Deadline Looms and White House Floats Alternatives
Now that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, Washington is staring down a new crisis: the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies at the end of…
What Hospital and Health-System Leaders Should Know About Post-Shutdown Health-Policy Status
The recent federal funding deal has ended the partial government shutdown, yet major health-policy questions remain unresolved—particularly concerning the enhanced premium tax credits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of November 2
MAHA’s Low-Hanging Fruit: Enabling Health Systems to Deploy Food as Medicine What’s happening: The authors describe HHS OIG Advisory Opinion 25-02, which permits an FQHC—under enforcement discretion and conditions—to offer food,…
Senate Inches Toward 340B Reform as Oversight Debate Heats Up
Congress is circling—but not yet landing—on long-sought reforms to the federal 340B drug discount program, which provides steep medication discounts to hospitals serving large numbers of low-income patients. At a…
A Bipartisan Group of House Members Floats a 2-Year ACA Subsidy Extension to End the Shutdown
The shutdown of the federal government (now on day 35) centers on whether to extend the enhanced premium tax credits that were introduced in 2021 to support the Affordable Care…
Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of October 27
HHS again postpones meeting of preventive services coverage panel What’s Happening: The Department of Health and Human Services postponed the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) November meeting, citing the…
Judge Quashes DOJ Subpoena Targeting Online Trans Health Provider
A federal judge in Seattle has blocked the Department of Justice’s attempt to compel an online transgender health provider to turn over extensive patient and clinical records — a significant…