CMS announces GENEROUS drug payment model aimed at lowering Medicaid drug prices

The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

With major leadership changes, grant disruptions and terminations, and a stoked distrust in science, Steven Artandi, the director of Stanford Cancer Center, worries that young investigators will feel disenchanted by the U.S. research atmosphere and take their work and study elsewhere.

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Vol.51 No.37

By Claire Marie Porter and Paul Goldberg

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Robert Winn: If Medicaid gets massive cuts or goes away, where will these patients get care?

On July 4, President Donald Trump signed into law “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which is expected to deal a massive blow to Medicaid coverage and leave millions without insurance by instituting a work requirement for beneficiaries.

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Vol.51 No.29

By Sara Willa Ernst

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic

“I don’t think any good cancer center director would be worth their weight in salt if they weren’t worried about something at night,” said Mark Evers, director of University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

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Vol.51 No.28

By Paul Goldberg and Katie Goldberg

Cancer Policy

CMS publishes Medicare physician fee schedule proposal

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a proposed rule, which it says aligns with Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

CMS proposes policy to move away from hospital-based care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers, or ASCs, for calendar year 2026.

July 18, 2025

Vol.51 No.28

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Congress passes Trump’s megabill featuring historically steep Medicaid cuts

The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping legislation that makes the biggest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s.

July 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.26

By Claire Marie Porter

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The Directors: Steven Artandi and Eric Winer on how looming policy changes “reverberate” through oncology
“Even when funding gets restored and if the H-1B visa threat doesn’t materialize, it creates an environment where especially young people become uncertain.”

The Directors: Mark Evers and Steven Libutti on riding out the tempest—and maintaining research momentum
As oncology braces for funding, Medicaid cuts, these two directors tell young investigators not to panic