Erin Durkin

Sept. 16, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC A Republican bill (H.R.10326) requiring states to turn over identification and billing records of safety-net programs for fraud investigations passed the House Wednesday evening. The measure would require states to provide the attorney general with identity verification records, benefit disbursement logs, provider billing statements, and demographic information for investigating and prosecuting fraud when requested.

Sept. 16, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the Health and Human Services Department about how the administration is using funds set to expire at the end of the month that were originally slated for research on patient safety and the healthcare system. The concerns focus on appropriated funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which supports research into patient safety and health outcomes.

Sept. 15, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC The House passed four healthcare bills on Tuesday to prevent tick and mosquito-borne diseases, set a drug schedule classification for the street drug xylazine, study fentanyl testing in hospital emergency departments, and crack down on counterfeit pill production. The tick disease prevention bill (S. 2398) would reauthorize programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and respond to vector-borne diseases through fiscal 2030.