Policy Desk

Bills, regulations and agency guidance: what the text says, when it takes effect, and who it binds.

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A New Employer and Physician Coalition Is Pressing Congress on Direct Contracting. One of Its Three Asks Is Changing the DPC Rules.

Policy Desk Sep 26, 2026

The House Passed a Medicaid Direct Primary Care Bill by Voice Vote in 2024. Neither 2025 Successor Has Left Committee.

Policy Desk Sep 26, 2026

A New Hampshire Republican Says Direct-Pay Care Will Be a 2027 Priority. The Bill Behind the Phrase Amends the Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing Chapter.

Policy Desk Sep 23, 2026

Minnesota Banned Noncompetes in 2023. A Duluth DPC Doctor Is in Court Because Hers Was Signed in 2013.

Policy Desk Sep 21, 2026

Oregon Told Insurers to Credit What Patients Pay Their Doctors Directly. Three Conditions Decide Whether a DPC Fee Counts.

Policy Desk Sep 21, 2026

New Jersey Offers Its Public Employees a Direct Primary Care Doctor at No Cost. It Just Approved a 17.3 Percent Premium Increase for Local Government Workers Anyway.

Policy Desk Sep 20, 2026

Vermont Walked Out of Its Federal Payment Model in July. In September, VTDigger Found Some of Its Clinicians Selling Memberships.

Policy Desk Sep 12, 2026

A Senate Bill Would Let HHS Turn Up to 70 Percent of Medicare Primary Care Pay Into a Monthly Per-Patient Fee

Policy Desk Sep 11, 2026

Marketplace Coverage in Mississippi Fell 26 Percent in a Year. Some of Its Doctors Have Stopped Taking Insurance Altogether.

Policy Desk Sep 9, 2026

The DPC Coalition Told a Texas House Committee Where the Model May Not Work

Policy Desk Sep 5, 2026

A New Bill Would Eliminate Cost-Sharing on Three Annual Primary Care Visits. Here Is What It Says, Where It Stands, and What It Does Not Change.

Policy Desk Aug 30, 2026

Massachusetts Seniors Lose In-Network Primary Care on October 1. That Is Also One of Only Four Days a Year a Participating Physician Can Opt Out of Medicare.

Policy Desk Aug 29, 2026

Wyoming's Direct Primary Care Law Never Says 'Physician.' In July a Nurse Practitioner in Sheridan Opened a Direct Primary Care Clinic.

Policy Desk Aug 26, 2026

GoodRx's CEO Wants DPC's HSA Win Extended. The Narrowness Is Why DPC Won.

Policy Desk Aug 21, 2026