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This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of September 14, 2025

This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of September 14, 2025

Federal Judge Considers UCLA Research Grant Restoration U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin indicated she is leaning toward ordering the Trump Administration to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical...
Charity Care Screening, Prior Authorization, Non-Public Spaces Highlight California’s End of Session Health Care Legislation

Charity Care Screening, Prior Authorization, Non-Public Spaces Highlight California’s End of Session Health Care Legislation

California lawmakers sent several healthcare bills to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk at the end of the legislative session last week that aim to make healthcare more accessible and affordable. Key...
Congressional Continuing Resolution Offers Extended Health Care Funding but Excludes ACA Subsidy Extensions

Congressional Continuing Resolution Offers Extended Health Care Funding but Excludes ACA Subsidy Extensions

Republicans in the House are offering several health care extensions and delays in cuts that are apart of the larger continuing resolution to keep the federal government open past October...

Headlines from DC

HHS opens applications for the rural health fund More details here. Monday, September 15, 2025
OBBBA projected to cost hospitals $25B a year More information here. Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Texas declares the measles outbreak over. More details here. Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Customer satisfaction with Medicare Advantage is way down. Read more. Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Whispers

Speaker Johnson released the CR language to keep the government funded until Nov. 20…but it doesn’t have the ACA language that the Dems are demanding. Are we going to have a showdown ending in a shutdown?

Former CDC Director Susan Monarez is now expected to testify under oath about her firing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the eve of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices committee meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 18-19.

CDC Director Susan Monrez has been fired? Stepped down? It’s unclear, but it seems to stem from a major disagreement with RFK Jr.

Just kidding! Dr. Vinay Prasad is back as the FDA’s chief vaccine regulator.

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This Week in Policy – Wrap up for the week of September 14, 2025
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Federal Judge Considers UCLA Research Grant Restoration U.S. District Judge Rita F....

Charity Care Screening, Prior Authorization, Non-Public Spaces Highlight California’s End of Session Health Care Legislation
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Charity Care Screening, Prior Authorization, Non-Public Spaces Highlight California’s End of Session Health Care Legislation

California lawmakers sent several healthcare bills to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk at...

Congressional Continuing Resolution Offers Extended Health Care Funding but Excludes ACA Subsidy Extensions
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Congressional Continuing Resolution Offers Extended Health Care Funding but Excludes ACA Subsidy Extensions

Republicans in the House are offering several health care extensions and delays...

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