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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead

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  What’s Ahead: This Week  Congressional Recess – Congress is currently in recess, and will return the week of September 4. Notable Policy Events – Monday, August 6 – Thursday, August 9 National Association of Insurance Commissioners, “Summer 2017 National Meeting.” (Philadelphia, PA) Additional information: http://bit.ly/2vDJlK5 Tuesday, August 7 National Academy of Social Insurance, “Demystifying Health… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update

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 Top takeaways from the week: 1) The Senate HELP Committee has announced plans to hold a series of hearings on market stabilization policies beginning the week of September 4; 2) the House Problem Solvers Caucus released a bipartisan set of proposals to stabilize the marketplaces; and 3) President Trump has yet to commit to continuing… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, August 1 Senate HELP Committee, “HHS Nomination Hearing.” Thursday, August 3 Senate Finance Committee, “Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, United States Department of Commerce, and Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 27, 2017

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Top takeaways from the week: 1) After voting to proceed with debate, the Senate rejected both the Better Care Reconciliation Act and the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act; 2) the Senate is still in the midst of their 20-hour debate period, after which they will proceed to a vote-a-rama; 3) Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) is… Read more »