ADEA Washington Update

Senate and House negotiators settled on a legislative agreement to address the opioid epidemic that should head to President Trump this month. The measure (H.R. 6) includes language... Click Here To Read More

On Sept. 28, the President signed an Appropriations funding bill which includes the Department of Defense, the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bills for FY 2019, as well as a short-term Continuing Resolution to temporarily fund... Click Here To Read More

On Oct. 12, 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13813, “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States.” The Order specifically directed the Secretary to consider expanding the conditions that satisfy the commonality of interest requirements under existing ... Click Here To Read More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule that allows for the sale of short-term health insurance plans that span longer than the previous three-month... Click Here To Read More

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to increase program fees for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.  Under the changes, F and M visa applicants would have to pay an increase of 75% for... Click Here To Read More

Affirmative action policies in university admissions have been controversial since they were first implemented, with several challenges in court. On Sept. 26, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education publicized their investigation of Yale... Click Here To Read More

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sided with Meaghan Bauer, Stephano Del Rose and a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia in their lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The lawsuit challenged the U.S. Department... Click Here To Read More

By Rebecca L. Stolberg, RDH, M.S.D.H., ADEA Senior Director of Allied Dental Education and Faculty Development

As an allied dental educator or program director, how often do you think about advocacy? We teach our students to be advocates for their patients. We tell our students that one of their professional roles is advocate.... Click Here To Read More

By a narrow 51-to-49 margin, Senate Republicans passed an FY18 budget widely viewed as having more to do with... Click Here To Read More

On Oct. 12, President Trump announced he would eliminate health insurance “cost-sharing reduction” subsidies... Click Here To Read More