Oral health leaders continue to face challenges regarding workforce shortages, ACA subsidies and accessibility.
Here are three federal government and policy updates from the last 30 days:
1. CMS launched its Office of Rural Health Transformation to strengthen rural health systems and expand access to care.
2. A bipartisan group of senators working to revive the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025 said they won’t have their proposal ready until the end of January.
3. The HRSA recently published a report on health professional shortage areas in the U.S. for the first quarter of 2026. The report includes data on shortages for primary care, mental healthcare and dental care.
