Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Harvard and International Students Signals New Threats to U.S. Medical Research
The Trump administration has launched a broad offensive against Harvard University, implementing a sweeping ban on international student visas for the institution and freezing all federal funding linked to its…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of May 19, 2025
House Passes Funding Bill, Would Reshape Medicaid In a narrow 215-214 vote, the House passed Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending plan. The bill includes permanent Trump-era tax cuts, eliminates taxes on tips…
Budget Reconciliation Bill Includes Some Major Healthcare AI News
As the House continues to hash out its bill that would set the federal budget and make way for significant tax cuts while also cutting millions from healthcare spending, a…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of May 12, 2025
Kennedy Defends HHS Cuts, Vaccine Stance Amid Congressional Grilling In his first appearance before Congress as HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended major staffing and budget cuts while drawing…
Medicaid Cuts in House Budget Reconciliation Bill One-Step Closer to Floor Vote
The House of Representatives version of the 2025 budget reconciliation bill took big steps forward this week. After draft language was introduced by the House Committee of Energy and Commerce…
House Megabill Proposes Deep Medicaid Cuts: What Hospital Leaders Need to Know
House Republicans have unveiled a sweeping budget reconciliation proposal that could dramatically reshape Medicaid as we know it. Dubbed the “megabill,” this legislation includes deep funding cuts, rollbacks to Medicaid…
This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of May 5, 2025
CBO Warns Medicaid Rollbacks Could Strip Coverage from Millions The Congressional Budget Office projects that up to 8.6 million Americans could lose Medicaid coverage under GOP cost-cutting proposals tied to…
What a New Pope Means for Catholic-Affiliated Hospitals in the U.S.
Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis reshaped the tone, priorities, and social commitments of Catholic-affiliated hospitals in the United States—not by changing doctrine, but by emphasizing pastoral care, equity,…
President Trump Pulls His Surgeon General Nominee Day Before Senate Hearing, Nominates Sister of RFK Jr. Confidante
Yesterday, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. Surgeon General, opting instead to nominate Dr. Casey Means, a Stanford-educated physician and wellness influencer closely aligned…
State Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over HHS Defunding
In a high-profile legal move, the attorneys general of 19 states and the District of Columbia have filed suit against the Trump administration for its efforts to defund and dismantle…