With the end of August recess, Members of Congress returned to Washington D.C. this week to tackle government funding and the remaining policy priorities not included in the One Big Beautiful reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1).
Legislative Update: HHS Secretary Kennedy Testifies Before the Senate Finance Committee on the President’s 2026 Health Care Agenda
On August 28, Chairman Crapo announced that Secretary Kennedy would testify before the Senate Finance Committee to preview the Trump administration’s 2026 health care agenda, including the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative.
This was Secretary Kennedy’s first Congressional hearing since the passage of H.R. 1 on July 4. The bill introduced sweeping changes to Medicaid and the individual marketplace, most notably Medicaid community engagement requirements and restrictions on state financing mechanisms like provider taxes. You can read more about H.R. 1 on AMCP’s resource page.
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Just after midnight on the morning of Aug. 7, President Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs took effect on dozens of international trading partners, marking another dramatic escalation of the administration’s “America First” trading policy.
President Trump signed H.R.1, Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill, into law on July 4, 2025. Starting from that date, the law lays out effective dates and implementation dates for its numerous health provisions over the next few years, and beyond.
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