Medicaid Rule Proposal May Deal A Blow To California

GOP lawmakers have settled on a strategy, rather than lowering the income eligibility limit for coverage — Trump’s bill will instead require applicants to provide proof of their work hours and apply for specific exceptions, creating new barriers for individuals to maintain insurance.

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House Passes Tax Bill With HSA And ICHRA Program Expansion Provisions

Members of the U.S. House voted 215-214 shortly before 7 a.m. today to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill tax and budget package — a bill that contains 13 provisions that could make the rules for health reimbursement arrangements and health savings accounts more flexible.

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HHS Sets “Most Favoured Nation” Pricing Targets For Drug Makers

Drug manufacturers will now have to commit to the new pricing model to avoid regulatory action in the US.

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RFK Jr. Says Food And Pharma Are Poisoning Americans. His Big Report Says A Fix Is Coming.

A much anticipated report led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that children’s health is in crisis and that it’s likely the result of ultraprocessed food, exposure to chemicals, lack of exercise, stress, and overprescription of drugs. But the report, from the Kennedy-led Make America Healthy Again Commission, shies away from the strident ...

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Trump Predicts Drug Prices Will ‘Drop Like A Rock’ After New Executive Order

President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent “most favored nation” executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to “drop like a rock” in just a matter of weeks, saying the savings will be “incalculable.” In a briefing to discuss the newly released Make America Healthy Again Commission’s report on children’s health, Trump ended the event by ...

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CMS Updates Hospital Price Transparency Guidance Following Executive Order

CMS updated its hospital price transparency guidance May 22, requiring hospitals to post the actual prices of items and services, not estimates. The update comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Feb. 25 aimed at boosting healthcare price transparency. In the updated guidance, CMS said hospitals must display payer-specific standard charges as dollar amounts in their machine-readable ...

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