Hospitals Face Mounting Risks as ACA Subsidy Expiration Nears
The looming expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits could unleash widespread financial and operational challenges for hospitals and health systems. Unless Congress acts before year’s end, millions of…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of October 20
California Planned Parentho0od Funding Key Takeaways: California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a $140 million emergency funding package for Planned Parenthood to keep 109 clinics operating after federal funding was cut…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of October 13
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States What’s Happening: Several states have released 2026 ACA insurance rates showing premium spikes of 18% or more if Congress allows enhanced subsidies…
California Gov. Newsom reins in AI chatbots in healthcare
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 489, which prohibits AI chatbots from representing themselves as licensed healthcare professionals and allows medical licensing boards to seek injunctions against violating companies. This…
Hospital-at-Home Program Becomes Collateral Damage of the Shutdown
The ongoing federal government shutdown has halted one of Medicare’s most innovative and patient-centered programs ,the Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative, forcing hospitals to bring patients back into already strained…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of October 6
MIT first school to rebuff White House deal: ‘Scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone’ | Fierce Bio | October 10, 2025 What’s Happening: MIT President Sally Kornbluth rejected…
When Speech Becomes Treatment: Why Chiles v. Salazar Matters to Health Systems
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to Colorado’s law banning licensed clinicians from providing conversion therapy to minors by attempting to change sexual orientation or…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of September 29
Democrats: It’s more of a health care fight than a shutdown | Semafor | October 2, 2025 Democrats are holding firm on the government shutdown, betting voters will remember their fight…
What’s Behind the Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are maintaining that this government shutdown is a fight over healthcare costs rather than just a budget dispute. Democrats are betting that while the immediate pain of the…
Vice President Vance Conditions Obamacare Talks on Reopening Government
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. government officially entered a shutdown. The impasse centers largely on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies — a dynamic that could have serious…