RECENT ANALYSIS
Subcommittee Advances 18-Bill Online Safety Package Amid Partisan Disputes Over Preemption and Platform Obligations
The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade advanced a wide-ranging legislative package during a markup of 18 bills addressing children’s online safety, data privacy, harmful content, platform accountability, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot safeguards, parental oversight tools, and app ecosystem transparency. This markup followed the subcommittee’s legislative hearing earlier this week that underscored both rising bipartisan urgency… (Eisen, December 12, 2025) #Artificial Intelligence
Considerations for implementing community engagement requirements: findings from stakeholder interviews
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) convened a session on findings from stakeholder interviews regarding key considerations for implementing the new work and community engagement requirements established through H.R.1. The presentation mainly centered on how states will verify whether people meet the community engagement requirements and implement the exemptions, including the capacity of Medicaid IT systems and… (Marceno, December 12, 2025) #Insurance Coverage, #Public Health
Federal Appeals Court Allows H.R. 1’s Medicaid Restrictions on Reproductive Health Providers to Remain in Effect in 22 States and D.C.
After a ping pong of legal decisions, Section 71113 of H.R. 1, which bars Medicaid funding for tax-exempt organizations that provide family planning and reproductive health services if they perform abortions beyond the narrow Hyde Amendment exceptions and received more than $800,000 in Medicaid funds in FY 2023, is currently in effect for all plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the… (Eisen, December 10, 2025) #Women’s Health