Health on the Hill

Budget Reconciliation Update Democrats Call for Investigations into Impact of HHS Secretary on Vaccine Access 2025 Medicare Trustees Report and more...

Budget Reconciliation Update House Passes Funding Rescissions Request Secretary Kennedy Fires Entire Vaccine Advisory Panel Sens. Grassley, Wyden Release Report on OPO Oversight GOP Rep. Mark Green, Emergency Physician, to Retire from Congress Dept. of Health and Human Services No. 2 Sworn In MACPAC Releases June Report to Congress and more...

Budget Reconciliation Update House Passes SUPPORT Act Reauthorization Senate Passes Military Aviator Cancer Bill FY 2026 Ag-FDA Appropriations Bill Advances White House Proposes Global Health Funding Rescissions Senate Confirms HHS Deputy Secretary and more...

New HHS Budget Details Senate Begins Work on House-Passed Reconciliation Bill Ways and Means Republicans Write Administration on Pharmaceutical Tariffs GAO Recommends Increased Oversight of NIH External Research and more...

House Passes Reconciliation Package Bipartisan, Bicameral Prior Authorization Legislation Reintroduced FY 2026 House Appropriations Committee Markup Schedule MAHA Commission Releases Assessment of Childhood Chronic Disease

Reconciliation Update Senate Finance Committee Advances HHS Nominees Democrats Warn Against Cuts to Scientific Agencies President Trump Signs Most-Favored-Nation Executive Order Former President Biden Diagnosed With Aggressive Cancer and more...

Reconciliation Update President Signs Biological Research, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Orders Casey Means Tapped as New Nominee for Surgeon General Reps. Carter, Auchincloss Lead Bipartisan Letter on Impact of IRA on Pharmacies Reps. Carter, Kelly Launch Campaigns for Senate GAO Report on VA Oversight of Behavioral Health Medical Records and more...

Budget Reconciliation Update President’s Budget Proposes Steep Cuts to HHS/NIH Energy and Commerce Committee Advances Six Health Bills Ways and Means Republicans Outline Value-Based Care Priorities Rep. Connolly to Retire, Step Down as Oversight Ranking Member GAO Report on Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program NIH Director Speeds Implementation of New Public Access Policy and...

Sec. Kennedy to Testify Before HELP Committee in May Sen. Cassidy Releases Report on 340B Reform Rep. Carter Launches American-Made Medicines Caucus President Trump Pledges to Veto Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid Sen. Durbin Announces Decision to Retire SCOTUS Calls for New Briefs Following Braidwood Oral Arguments and more...

House Passes GOP Budget Resolution Budget Committee Reestablishes Health Care Task Force Senate HELP Committee RFK Jr. Hearing Does Not Take Place Energy & Commerce to Reschedule Consideration of Health Bills National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology Releases Final Report Sen. Cassidy Raises Concerns About 23andMe Bankruptcy RAND Releases Report on Current State of Emergency Care and...

Senate Adopts Budget Blueprint Dr. Oz Confirmed as CMS Administrator Senate Panel Advances Six Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Prices HELP Requests RFK Testimony on HHS Restructuring House Energy & Commerce Democrats Press for Answers on HHS Job Cuts Senate Democrats Urge HHS to Address MA Spending Sen. Booker Sets Record for Longest Speech on Senate Floor Court Issues Permanent Injunction in NIH...

HHS to Undergo Restructuring, Cutting 10,000 Employees Senate Confirms, Advances Health Nominees White House Taps Acting CDC Director to Lead Agency Fox News Contributor Selected to Lead Office of National Drug Control Policy U.S. Expected to Reach Debt Limit in August or September FDA CBER Director Peter Marks to Resign and more...

Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill Reps. Murphy, Carter Secure Assurances on Reconciliation Package Democratic Physician Lawmakers Form New Caucus Trump Administration Health Personnel Update Sen. Cassidy Forms CDC Working Group Sen. Shaheen Announces Plans to Retire Arizona Democrat Raúl Grijalva Dies at 77 Medical Groups Urge NIH to Reconsider Indirect Cost Cap and more...

House to Consider Clean CR Ahead of Friday’s Government Funding Deadline House Passes Chronic Disease Coverage Bill Senate Democrats Introduce Standalone Health Package President Trump Delivers the State of the Union Address CBO Provides Estimates of E&C Program Spending Senate HELP Committee Holds Confirmation Hearings for NIH, FDA Nominees Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Issued Against NIH in...

House Adopts Trump-Backed Budget Resolution Fiscal Year 2025 Government Funding Update Lawmakers Consider Path Forward for PBM Reform Grassley Probes UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage Billing Practices HHS Secretary Issues Policy Restricting Regulatory Transparency OMB, OPM Issue Reductions in Force Memo Presidents Signs Executive Order on Health Price Transparency and more...

Senate Adopts Limited Scope Budget Resolution Energy & Commerce Issues RFI on Data Privacy Update: State Coalition Lawsuit Against NIH in Response to Indirect Cost Rate Cuts Trump Administration Weighs in on USPSTF Braidwood Lawsuit Latest Executive Orders from the Trump White House and more...

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Senate Republicans Release FY 2025 Budget Resolution Senate Vote on RFK Jr.’s Nomination Expected This Week Doug Collins, Russ Vought Confirmed by Senate House Passes Fentanyl Scheduling Bill Trump Administration’s Efforts to Downsize Federal Government CMS Latest Agency to Coordinate with DOGE House Democrats Ask GAO to Monitor Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and more...

Senate Finance Committee to Vote Tuesday on RFK Jr. House GOP Holds Annual Policy Retreat Lawmakers Reintroduce Doc Fix Legislation House to Consider Fentanyl Scheduling Bill This Week Senate Appropriations Rosters for the 119th Congress Widespread Confusion Results from Now-Rescinded Federal Funding Freeze House to Consider Fentanyl Scheduling Bill This Week and more...

Trump Administration Wraps Up First Week Back in Office Trump Administration Personnel Update Lawmakers Continue Talks on Bipartisan Health Package Revival House Passes ‘Born-Alive’ Abortion Bill Sen. Warren Recommends Policies for DOGE Consideration Sens. Warren, Wyden, Sanders Press White House to Continue Drug Price Negotiations and more...

Inauguration Day Moved Indoors Energy & Commerce Organizes for the 119th Congress Foreign Relations Chair Calls into Question Future of PEPFAR OH Lieutenant Governor to Fill VP’s Senate Seat MedPAC Votes on 2026 Payment Update Recommendations DEA Proposes Special Registration for Telemedicine Prescribing HHS Announces Next Round of Drug Price Negotiations FTC Releases Second PBM Report USPSTF Adds...

SCOTUS to Hear Challenge to ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage Mandate Confirmation Hearings Begin for Trump Nominees Republicans Consider Path Forward on Reconciliation Health Leaders Work to Revive Year-End Package Senate Panel Releases Bipartisan Report on Private Equity and Health Care Updates to Congressional Committee Assignments HHS Releases AI Roadmap and more...

Johnson Reelected House Speaker Former President Jimmy Carter Dies at Age 100 Republicans Begin Outlining Agendas for 119th Congress Updates to Congressional Committee Assignments Lawmakers Consider Next Steps for 21st Century Cures Make America Healthy Again Caucus Established in the House  and more...

Congress Averts Government Shutdown with Scaled Back CR Senate Passes Childhood Cancer Research Bill, NDAA RFK on Capitol Hill Ahead of Confirmation Proceedings Make America Healthy Again Caucus Established Updates to Congressional Committee Leadership and Roster Assignments Bipartisan Medicare GME Working Group Releases Draft Legislation House Task Force Releases Report on AI Sen. Warren, Rep. Do...

Congressional Negotiations for End of Year Package Wrapping Up House Passes FY 2025 NDAA Senate Passes OAA Reauthorization, HEARTS Act GOP Steering Committee Makes Leadership, Membership Picks for the 119th Congress Rep. Robin Kelly to Co-Chair Democratic Steering Committee Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Prohibit Joint Ownership of PBMs, Pharmacies Lawmakers Urge House Leadership to Avert DSH Cuts...