Health
Committee Examines Federal Funding Threats to Territories
More than 3.5 million Americans living in U.S. territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the...
Federal Behavioral Health Fund Remains Uncertain Amid Restructuring
A new Congressional Research Service report published June 9 lays out a detailed roadmap for local nonprofits and governments trying to tap into federal...
FDA Struggles With Regulating Adaptive AI Devices
A new Congressional Research Service report on FDA AI device regulation arrives at a moment when the technology is outpacing the law. With roughly 1,450...
Senate HELP Committee Advances Critical Healthcare Bills
A package of healthcare bills heading to a Senate HELP Committee business meeting on June 17 touches nearly every corner of federal health policy — from...
Cancer Action Network Parts Ways With Lobbying Group
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network terminated its lobbying relationship with Actum I LLC at the end of the first quarter of 2026, according...
Hospital for Special Surgery Enters Federal Lobbying Arena
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the New York-based orthopedic institution, has registered to lobby the federal government for the first time, according...
Native Tribes Facing Sovereignty and Health Crises
Three bills touching the rights and resources of Native American tribes will get their first public airing before the House Natural Resources hearing tribal...
House Committee Examines Role of Temporary Healthcare Providers
More than 120 million Americans live in primary care deserts — communities where the ratio of patients to physicians makes routine care a logistical...
Federal Government Ignores For-Profit Health Startups
For-profit health and medical businesses — from digital health startups to medical device manufacturers — occupy an awkward position in the federal funding...
Home Health Nonprofit Ends Lobbying Efforts Amid Medicare Fight
Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc. ended its lobbying relationship with Washington Strategic Consulting Inc. at the close of the First Quarter of...
Kidney Care Access Coalition Ends Checkmate Government Relations Relationship
The Kidney Care Access Coalition Inc. ended its relationship with Checkmate Government Relations LLC in the second quarter of 2026, according to an LDA...
American Dental Education Association Pushes Oral Health Funding
Federal funding for oral health programs and dental education is under pressure on multiple fronts. The American Dental Education Association is pushing for...
Congress Discusses Health Care Price Transparency
Americans routinely pay wildly different prices for the same medical procedure depending on which hospital they visit or which insurer they carry — and most...
Poisoned Pills: Senate Hearing Exposes Drug Safety Crisis for Seniors
Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a generic drug safety hearing on June 3, examining what Chair Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) called a...
A Medicare Drug Cost Crisis Is Quietly Accelerating
A new Congressional Research Service report lays bare the explosive growth in Medicare Part B drug spending — and the competing political forces now...
Congress Debates If Covid Vaccines Cause or Accelerate Cancer
Why it matters: A Senate hearing on COVID-19 vaccines and alleged attacks on scientific publications put the Trump administration's skeptical posture toward...
Mifepristone Regulation Is the Abortion Fight's New Front Line
A new Congressional Research Service report maps a legal battlefield that could reshape how millions of Americans access medication abortion — and puts the...
House Subcommittee Debates Cuts to Labor, Health, and Education
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies convenes Friday for a markup of the FY2027 Labor HHS Education Bill —...