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Sweeping Changes in 2025 Reconciliation Law to Strip Health Coverage for Over One Million Lawfully Present Immigrants
Introduction The landscape of federally-funded healthcare is set to undergo a profound transformation following the passage of the 2025 federal...
Sweeping Executive Actions and Foreign Aid Overhauls Leave U.S. Global Maternal and Child Health Programs in Limbo
Editorial Note: Originally published in May 2025, this comprehensive resource has been updated to reflect the latest developments and newly...
U.S. Foreign Assistance Overhaul Fundamentally Disrupts Global Health Programs and PMI Operations
The landscape of United States foreign assistance has undergone a profound and rapid transformation following a series of sweeping executive...
Medicaid Managed Care Faces Steep Rate-Setting Hurdles and Plan Exits Following 2025 Federal Reconciliation Law
Managed care remains the dominant delivery mechanism for the nation’s Medicaid population, with over three-quarters of all beneficiaries currently enrolled...
"Every Six Months, I Become Disabled Again": NCIL Executive Director Criticizes Bureaucratic Burdens in Medicaid Rules
WASHINGTON — For Theo W. Braddy, the ritual is as absurd as it is predictable. Every six months, a government...
PEPFAR Performance Shows Mixed Results in FY 2025 Fourth Quarter Following Major Administration Changes and Data Disruptions
Editorial Note: Originally published on April 23, 2026, this analysis has been updated to present data on the number of...
The High Stakes of Prior Authorization: Why Health Insurers and Patients Remain at Odds
Deciding what health care gets covered largely falls to health insurers, and it is a role that consistently fails to...
Navigating the Global Health Architecture: New Mapping Highlights Overlaps, Complexities, and Reform Pressures
Over the past quarter-century, a surge of attention toward critical health challenges—particularly those impacting low- and middle-income countries—has triggered the...
Where Does the Money Go? A Deep Dive Into Health Insurance Overhead, Profits, and the Value of Coverage
Every time a health insurance premium is paid, a portion of that dollar is immediately carved out before a single...
Regulating Medical AI: Can a 1976 Framework Handle the Future of Healthcare?
The intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare regulation presents one of the most complex policy challenges of the modern era....