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(Nov. 20, 2025) - Members of the KHA executive committee visited the Kansas congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. this week.
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(Nov. 13, 2025) - Last night, President Trump signed the continuing resolution passed by the House and Senate, bringing the partial government shutdown to an end.
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(Oct. 28, 2025) - As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, potential momentum is building for bipartisan solutions on issues like the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits. The Senate continues to look at other issues including a hearing on the 340B program last week.
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(Sept. 30, 2025) - A government shutdown in 2025 will be different that the last shutdown in 2018-2019 due to the health care extenders that characterize the post-COVID environment.
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(Sept. 25, 2025) - Government shutdown talk is reemerging as the preeminent issue facing Congress. Federal fiscal year 2025 ends Tuesday, Sept. 30. A pathway forward for final passage of a budget deal did not emerge during the first half of September.
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(Sept. 25, 2025) - The Enhanced Premium Tax Credits are a focal point of debate in Congress before they expire on Dec. 31, 2025. KHA has prepared messaging and background material as Kansas hospitals continue to weigh in on this issue
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(Aug. 1, 2025) - Congress is about to enter fully into its August recess. Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee ended on a high note by marking up the FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. The Senate will shortly join the House on its traditional summer break, which started earlier than expected last week. Both Chambers are in recess until the Tuesday after Labor Day.
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(Aug. 1, 2025) - As part of the 2026 OPPS Proposed Rule, CMS proposes to accelerate the timeline for clawing back hospital funds resulting from the agency's previous unlawful 340B Drug Pricing Program between calendar years 2018 and 2022, as well as to conduct a drug acquisition cost survey.
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(July 8, 2025) - President Trump signed the OBBBA on July 4. Attention now shifts to ensuring CMS approves Kansas’ State-Directed Payments.
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(July 1, 2025) - The Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill today, sending it back to the House where its future remains uncertain.
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