Health Care Policy Update: Health Care Policy Weekly Update and Outlook

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Health Care Policy Update: Health Care Policy Weekly Update and Outlook

2026. The bill also maintains ARPA-H funding at $1.5 billion. CBO: Congressional Budget Office

However, it includes funding cuts of $2 billion for operating ACA exchange marketplaces,

NIH: National Institutes of Health

and eliminates funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Other

highlights include a $1 billion cut in CDC funding, and flat funding for CMS program CDC: Centers for Disease Control

management. The full House Appropriations Committee will mark up the bill on June 10.

AEI: American Enterprise Institute

Legislation to Curb Chinese Biotech Industry Investment

On June 2, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

introduced the Biotech Investment National Security Act (BINSA) that will impose

additional review requirements under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National

Security (COINS) Act. The additional requirements would apply to biotechnology,

pharmaceutical development, biologics manufacturing, and clinical research and

development. The bill calls for adding biotechnology to the list of sectors subject to

outbound investment screening, and makes U.S. pharmaceutical licensing deals, joint

ventures, and equity investments with Chinese covered foreign entities subject to Treasury

Department review. The bill also covers licensing deals involving technology and

intellectual property. The bill requires the Secretary of Defense to assess within 60 days

whether US capital flow into Chinese biotechnology negatively impacts national security.

2026 Medicare Trustees Report to Be Released this Week

We expect that the Medicare Trustees will release their annual report this week, including

an updated estimate for Medicare insolvency.