Affordability reform is coming but will Congress support positive policy reforms or undermine it? In this episode, we examine the latest congressional hearing on provider-driven health care costs through an AMGA lens. As policymakers scrutinize pricing, consolidation, and payment differences, we explore how these debates intersect with AMGA’s core legislative and regulatory priorities.

The AMGA Public Policy Team unpacks the growing focus in Washington, DC on combating waste, fraud, and abuse in federal healthcare programs. The discussion explores recent actions from the Trump Administration, ongoing congressional investigations, and a high-profile House hearing examining the role of CMS in safeguarding Medicare and Medicaid.

The clinician shortage is hardly easy as pie and in this week's episode, the AMGA policy team unpacks why fixing it is even harder than it looks. The conversation connects two federal issues: the House Ways and Means Committee's recent hearing on the next generation of America's healthcare workforce and proposed federal student loan caps under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that could make medical education harder to finance. From GME funding and rural training gaps to the Department of Education's narrow definition of "professional degree," the team explores how federal policy shapes the healthcare workforce pipeline and what AMGA is doing about it.