Health
Senate Backs Mark Cruz for Indian Health Service Director
Why it matters: President Trump's choice to lead the Indian Health Service faced a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on June 24, 2026, with broad...
House Committee Tackles VA Healthcare Gaps and Fraud
The House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing scheduled for June 30 will tackle a sprawling agenda of veterans' healthcare gaps, from burial delays to...
House Advances 15 Bills on Drug Policy and Healthcare Costs
Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health advanced 15 bills on June 25, 2026, mixing aggressive drug scheduling measures with...
House Investigates Medicaid Fraud
Why It Matters: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a Medicaid program integrity hearing on June 25, 2026, to...
Committee Examines Direct Contracting to Reduce Healthcare Costs
The House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions is holding a direct contracting hearing to examine a...
Committee Examines Military Drug Overcharge Allegations
A Senate hearing on the TRICARE pharmacy program is set to examine whether military families are paying more for drugs than they should. The core issue:...
Committee Tackles Opioid Crisis and Healthcare Affordability
The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing scheduled for June 25 will tackle two urgent public health crises simultaneously: the synthetic opioid...
Healthcare Fraud: Billions Lost, Lives at Stake
Medicare and Medicaid lose tens of billions of dollars each year to fraud, waste, and abuse — and the political pressure to address that drain is...
King's Daughters Medical Center Hires BGR Government Affairs
King's Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Mississippi has entered the federal lobbying arena. The healthcare organization registered BGR Government...
Lack of Evidence Casts Doubt on Success of Teen Overdose Program
The federal government has spent years telling Congress and the public that a major youth drug prevention program is working. But a Government...
Congress Examines State Medicaid Fraud Oversight Gaps
Federal enforcement of Medicaid program integrity has intensified sharply in recent months, with the Trump administration decertifying state fraud units,...
Territories Fight Back as Senate Hears Federal Cuts Crisis
Five territorial governors testified before Congress on June 17, 2026, as the Trump administration's Medicaid cuts and solar funding cancellations threaten...
Senate Considers New IHS Director After Two Year Vacancy
The Indian Health Service has operated without a Senate-confirmed director for over a year. That vacancy ends if the Senate confirms Mark Cruz, whose...
Renal Care 360 Hires Kilpatrick Townsend on Healthcare
Renal Care 360 has made its entry into federal healthcare advocacy by registering with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP to lobby on health care issues....
Postal Service Slowdowns Creating Hidden Public Health Crisis
For roughly 3.7 million Medicare beneficiaries, the mailbox is the pharmacy. A Brookings Institution commentary submitted into the congressional record by...
Orca Bio Hires BGR Government Affairs for Healthcare Lobbying
Orca Bio, a medical research and clinical labs organization, registered as a new client with BGR Government Affairs LLC on June 15, 2026. The move marks the...
ASANA Voices LLC Lobbies Congress on Health Care Issues
ASANA Voices LLC has joined the ranks of health care advocacy organizations actively engaging with Congress. [1] The organization registered as a new...
Duplicate Patents Tie Up Regulatory Approval and Drive Drug Costs
American patients are waiting years longer — and paying significantly more — for lower-cost versions of some of the most expensive drugs on the market. A...