Finance Updates – Page 51 – Finance Updates

Massive Medicaid Cuts & Parity Rule Uncertainty Threaten Behavioral Health Access

H.R. 1 cuts roughly $990B from federal Medica...

The 2024 MHPAEA parity Final Rule faces an ER...

The FY 2026 budget would fold SAMHSA and HRSA...

Additional policy changes (e.g., Medicaid/CHI...

ACA Subsidy Cuts Threaten Millions With Spiking Premiums as Eligibility Tightens

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

In 2025, about 24 million Marketplace enrolle...

Premium subsidies are calculated from househo...

Under the enhanced rules, benchmark Silver pr...

If enhanced subsidies expire after 2025, the ...

BC’s Pharmacare Expansion: What $670M Deal Means for Drug Coverage & Gaps

Americas Policy Health Care and Social Assistance

BC signed a federal pharmacare deal worth ove...

The plan builds on BC's existing free prescri...

PharmaCare is also updating policies on prost...

Patient advocates argue major gaps remain bec...

2025 Reconciliation Law’s Healthcare Cuts Threaten Coverage, Medicaid, Rural Hospitals

Americas Policy General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

The 2025 budget law (P.L. 119-21) cuts roughl...

Medicaid adds an 80-hours/month work or commu...

ACA marketplace coverage faces shorter open e...

Medicare trims Part D low-income subsidies an...

Senate Nears Deal to Revive ACA Subsidies: Key Caps, Insurer Rules & A Health Savings Twist

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers

A bipartisan Senate group is close to a deal ...

The emerging plan would extend the credits fo...

It also considers letting recipients in year ...

Even with an agreement, passage is uncertain ...

2025 Momentum Review: AI Agents, Automotive Connectivity & Healthcare Investment Trends

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

O'Melveny's 2025 Momentum Year in Review trac...

ServiceNow's US$2.85B acquisition of Movework...

NXP's US$243M purchase of Aviva Links signals...

Large rounds in AI and regulated sectors (e.g...

Iowa Lands Returning Education Waiver: $9.5M Block Grant Boosts Classroom Control

Americas Policy Educational Services

Iowa is the first state approved for the Trum...

The waiver consolidates four ESEA programs (T...

Iowas broader request to fold in 10 streams i...

Supporters say it streamlines administration ...

Europe’s Insurance Distribution M&A Revives Unevenly: UK, France & Nordics Outpace Germany

Europe M&A Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities

Europe’s insurance distribution M&A was uneve...

Deal volumes were down year-on-year (373 tran...

Private equity dominated continental European...

Momentum is shifting away from large insurer ...

EU Clears Mars’ $X Billion Kellanova Deal – Strategy, Risks & Regulatory Hurdles

Europe M&A Food Manufacturing

The European Commission unconditionally appro...

Mars will pay about $36 billion (including as...

Regulators concluded the combined brand portf...

The deal closes December 11, 2025, creating a...

Why the Illumina/Grail ECJ Ruling Is Redrawing EU Merger Control and Deal Risk

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The ECJ’s Illumina/Grail ruling bars Article ...

Member states are rolling out or expanding na...

France is moving toward a criteria-based call...

Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:AI is a test case...