Healthcare Policy & Access: India’s parliamentary panel backs raising Ayushman Bharat-PM-JAY coverage from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh, citing rising costs for liver transplants, complex cardiac care and immunotherapy, and urges special high-cost packages with pooled financing and negotiated pricing. Hospital Operations & Accountability: Delhi High Court orders audits across Delhi government hospitals after it flagged “gross wastage” of unused medical equipment, including inoperative PET Cyclotron gear, demanding inventories, costs, purchase years and reasons for non-use. Rural Care Spotlight: Oregon’s Sky Lakes Medical Center wins the AHA Foster G. McGaw Prize for building a wellness center focused on lifestyle medicine, mental health support and community partnerships. Pharma & Market Moves: Vertex agrees to buy Crinetics Pharmaceuticals in a roughly $10B all-cash deal, sending Crinetics shares nearly doubling to $83.53. Patient Support & Affordability: Butterfli Technologies partners with CareCredit to help eligible riders finance transportation tied to healthcare and wellness. Clinical Innovation: AI-assisted post-processing helps reveal previously “invisible” gray-matter MS lesions on conventional MRI, aiming to improve monitoring of disease progression. Workforce & Tech: Australia warns AI may hit more exposed roles harder, while stressing workforce readiness for home and community care as demand shifts.