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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – May 15, 2017

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  What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, May 16 Senate Finance Committee, “Examining Bipartisan Medicare Policies that Improve Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions.” Wednesday May 17 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Pending Health and Benefits Legislation.” House Appropriations Committee, “House of Representatives: Fiscal 2018 Budget.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Examining Initiatives to Advance Public… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 11, 2017

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   ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 11, 2017 Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senators have begun meeting to discuss Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace legislation; 2) The CBO analysis of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is expected the week of May 22; and 3) Democratic Senators have sent several… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 5, 2017

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Top ACA-repeal takeaways from the week: 1) AHCA passed in the House by a 217-213 vote; 2) The McSally Amendment, which prevent Members of Congress and their staff from being exempt from the State waiver provisions of AHCA passed in the House by a 429-0 vote; 3) the Senate has made clear they will write… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – April 24, 2017

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  What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday, April 26 Senate HELP Committee, “S. 652, H.R. 309, S. ___, Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017. S. 849, and the Nomination of Scott Gottlieb to serve as FDA Commissioner.”  Notable Policy Events – Monday, April 24 Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “U.S. Food and… Read more »