Washington Highlights
Washington Highlights is a weekly newsletter that provides updates on the latest legislative and regulatory activities affecting medical schools, academic health systems, and their patients and communities.
Recent Articles
Scheduled hearings and meetings related to academic medicine.
- June 6, 2025
The CMS withdrew guidance on hospitals’ obligation to provide emergency abortions regardless of state law.
- June 6, 2025
Secretary McMahon testified House and Senate Committee on FY 2026 Budget Request and department priorities.
- June 6, 2025
The House Milcon-VA Appropriations Subcommittee advanced the VA funding bill on party lines.
- June 6, 2025
AAMC joined more than 20 health groups urging the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold an injunction against the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for adolescents.
- June 6, 2025
The AAMC joined 30 organizations in a May 30 letter opposing the SPARE Act.
- June 6, 2025
The AAMC joined health care groups in a May 29 letter calling on congressional leadership to extend Medicare APM incentives.
- June 6, 2025
The AAMC and AACOM led a letter urging Congress to protect essential student aid programs for physicians.
- June 6, 2025
The AAMC sent a June 5 letter to Senate leadership expressing concerns with the House-passed reconciliation legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- June 6, 2025
Find congressional testimony, letters to Capitol Hill and federal agencies, and comment letters on policy issues.