UPDATE: On June 4, 2025, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated cost estimates of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. We have updated our summary of the bill’s health provisions to reflect these new CBO...more
Recently, the Trump administration took steps toward implementing one of its major priorities: improving price transparency. As discussed in a previous Regs & Eggs blog post, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) on...more
5/29/2025
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Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officially launched the health policy community into reg season, releasing in one fell swoop all the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare proposed regulations for...more
4/17/2025
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Game On! 2026 Medicare Fee-for-Service Rulemaking Is About to Tip Off -
It’s March, which means one thing for sports fans: the madness of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. However, to folks in the...more
3/27/2025
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The Trump administration is beginning to lay out its regulatory (and deregulatory) priorities, and on February 25, 2025, the administration spotlighted one of those priorities in an executive order on price transparency....more
The Trump Administration and 119th Congress will likely be targeting trillions of dollars in savings in the year ahead. Healthcare makes up a significant portion of mandatory spending and therefore likely will be a large part...more
1/24/2025
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Happy Halloween! In the health policy world, there are two things on everyone’s mind this spooky season: the upcoming election and the major calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) final regs that should be...more
10/31/2024
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The election is approaching fast, and no matter who wins, there will be a change in administration come January 20, 2025. Thus, the Biden Administration is in the midst of making its final mark on priority healthcare...more