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Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, Medicaid Work Requirement, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Medicaid Workers and Job-Based Insurance: Who Is Offered, Eligible, and Enrolled?

(Authors: Sammy Cervantes and Jennifer Tolbert for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 5, 2026) Passage of the 2025 reconciliation

Health Care Finance Legislative Update Medicaid

Eileen Cook February 27, 2026February 27, 2026 Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

State Medicaid budgets to lose $664B under OBBBA: Study

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) State Medicaid budgets will shrink by $664 billion through 2034 as key

Artificial Intelligence Legislative Update Prior Authorization

Eileen Cook February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 AI, AI Powered Prior Authorization, Prior Authorization

Alabama bill would restrict insurers’ use of AI in prior authorization decisions

(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Alabama Senate has passed legislation that would impose new requirements on

CMS Health Care Finance Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs

Eileen Cook February 12, 2026February 12, 2026 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Medicare Part D, Medicare Price Negotiation, Older Adults

The IRA Has Improved Coverage of Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation

(Authors: Juliette Cubanski and Nolan Sroczynski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 11, 2026) The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

Health Care Finance HHS Legislative Update

Eileen Cook February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 government shutdown, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, HHS

Government reopens after partial shutdown: 5 healthcare takeaways

(By: Madeline Ashley for Becker’s Hospital Review ) President Donald Trump signed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and

Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 government shutdown, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Legislation

Partial shutdown begins: 3 updates

(By: Madeline Ashley and Erica Cerutti for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A partial government shutdown took effect Jan. 31 after

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Insurance Legislative Update Uninsured/Underinsured

Eileen Cook February 2, 2026February 2, 2026 ACA Enhanced Tax Credits, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Uninsured

It’s 2026 and You’re Uninsured. Now What?

(By Renuka Rayasam for KFF Health News) Health policy changes in Washington will ripple through the country, resulting in millions

HHS Legislative Update Uncategorized

Eileen Cook January 23, 2026January 23, 2026 Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, HHS, legislative update

House passes healthcare spending package

(By: Erica Cerutti for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The House of Representatives voted 341 to 88 on Jan. 22 to

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Health Insurance Legislative Update Medicaid Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs Price Transparency

Eileen Cook January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 ACA, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicaid, medicare, Medicare Part D, Price Transparency

Trump pitches healthcare policy outline aimed at lowering costs: 3 takeaways

(Jakob Emerson, Ella Jeffries, Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review ) President Donald Trump released a sparsely detailed healthcare policy

Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance Legislative Update

Eileen Cook December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 ACA, ACA Enhanced Tax Credits, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance

There is No Drop-Dead Date for an ACA Tax Credit Extension, But Coverage Losses Will Mount as the Clock Ticks

(Author: Larry Levitt for The Kaiser Family Foundation published December 17, 2025) A discharge petition in the House paves the