Advocacy
Federal Update 10/10/25
October 10, 2025
Health care is at the middle of the Federal government shutdown. This analysis of what will happen if they are allowed to lapse shows that […]
Federal Update
September 29, 2025
The week just passed included enough big stories that a smaller possibly positive story might have gotten missed. The Trump administration may be seeking to […]
Federal update 9/19/25
September 19, 2025
The ACIP met this week, and as expected, made changes to recommendations on Hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, and to the use of the MMRV […]
National Update 8/1
August 1, 2025
KFF has a piece out today on how reductions in Medicaid and Title IX funding will reduce access to reproductive health care of all kinds. […]
National Update 7/28/25
July 28, 2025
Sharing a positive reflection on finding joy (again) in practice with the help of a simple question. The Secretary of Health and Human Services has […]
National Update 7/18
July 21, 2025
This week health care advocates are working to make sense of a couple of federal changes. On July 10, HHS announced fundamental changes to eligibility […]
National update 7/11
July 11, 2025
First up this week, several national medical societies filed suit against the Secretary of Health and Human Services over the recently announced decision to limit […]
Federal Update 7/7
July 6, 2025
This week we’ve got a post on Monday, since Friday was a holiday. Last week, the Senate version HR 1 passed in the House. Our […]
Federal Updates 6/27/25
June 27, 2025
We’re back! This week we sent a delegation to DC for the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit and they had successful meetings with our elected […]
Federal Updates 6/6/25
June 6, 2025
Potential VA staffing cuts of up to 80,000 jobs (approximately 20% of the workforce as of 2020) have triggered coordinated protests of Veterans and their […]