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Senate May Delay Implementation Of Provider Tax Phase Down, Floor Vote Expected This Weekend

21 hours ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Sigi Ris |Dorothy Mills-Gregg

The final Senate reconciliation text expected late Friday (June 27) evening before a vote over the weekend could include a delayed version of the provider tax reductions that were axed earlier in the week by the Senate parliamentarian, according to recent reports that also said the final draft could include the rural hospital fund, which some senators have pushed to address concerns the bill’s Medicaid cuts would financially damage rural facilities.
Monarez Looked To As Vaccine Policy Check On Kennedy’s Policies

22 hours ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Maaisha Osman

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may soon find herself at the center of a pitched battle over the future of U.S. vaccine policy -- one that health care watchers say could pit her directly against her boss, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Drugmakers Unlikely To Curb TV Ads Without Targeted Regulation, Expert Says

1 day ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Maaisha Osman

Rather than pursuing an outright ban that could spark legal battles, HHS is weighing more targeted measures to make direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug ads harder and costlier to produce.
Provider Tax In Limbo Following Senate Parliamentarian’s Byrd Ruling

1 day ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg |Sigi Ris

President Donald Trump and Senate health committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are calling for a return to the House proposal to freeze Medicaid provider taxes after the Senate parliamentarian nixed senators’ plans to reduce how much states can use to inflate their Medicaid contribution -- but Sens.
Local Leaders Urge Congress To Avoid Drastic Federal Cuts

1 day ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg

Among those furiously lobbying Congress this week as it enters the end-game on reconciliation are counties and other local government entities that warn the proposed Medicaid cuts would drastically switch Medicaid costs to the state and local level, threatening the longstanding federal-state-local partnership on health care.
Repeal Of SNF Staffing, Medicaid Eligibility Rules Still Under Parliamentarian Review

2 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Dorothy Mills-Gregg

The Senate parliamentarian Thursday morning was still reviewing whether the reconciliation bill’s provisions to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and repeal three Biden-era rules -- CMS’ nursing home staffing mandate, Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment, and Medicare Savings Program eligibility -- violate the Byrd rule guardrails.
Arrington Touts CBO Estimates Projecting Billions In State, Federal Savings Under House Medicaid Cuts

2 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Jalen Brown

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) praised the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) updated analysis of the Medicaid changes in the House’s recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) as showing the federal government and states would save billions by kicking off ineligible or able-bodied working adults, as a rebuttal to Democratic claims that “vulnerable Americans are being kicked off Medicaid.”
CDC Nominee Sidesteps Key Vaccine Questions At Senate Confirmation Hearing

2 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Maaisha Osman

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) repeatedly dodged questions Wednesday about the administration’s controversial vaccine policies, including the replacement of all members of CDC’s immunization panel, while vowing to rebuild public trust in the agency and base decisions on “gold standard” science.
Kennedy Announces U.S. Will Cut Off Vaccine Funding To Gavi

2 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Maaisha Osman

In a break with decades of bipartisan U.S. global health policy, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday (June 25) the United States will withdraw financial support from Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, accusing the organization of “ignoring the science” in its immunization efforts in low-income countries.
RFK Jr. Pressed On NIH Grant Cuts, Says He Will Comply With Law

3 days ago | insidehealthpolicy.com | Maaisha Osman

HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. came under fire Tuesday (June 25) from Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) over a federal judge’s blistering opinion overturning the Trump administration’s termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants -- and over concerns that NIH whistleblowers could face retaliation. Kennedy said that he would “comply with the law” on NIH issues.