Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – June 12, 2017

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Monday, June 12 House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, “FY 2018 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill.” Tuesday, June 13 Senate HELP Committee, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay.” House Rules Committee, “H.R. 1215: Protecting… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – June 8, 2017

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 Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senate Republicans are moving closer to compromise and are aiming to pass replacement legislation by the July 4 recess; 2) The Senate Budget Committee announced the Senate Parliamentarian has approved the House-passed AHCA; and 3) CMS released a Request for Information aimed at reducing regulatory burdens imposed by the… Read more »

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

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What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday, June 7 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community.” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA’s Efforts to Promote Wellness and Healing.” House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries.”… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 25, 2017

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Top takeaways from the week: 1) The CBO published its analysis of the House-passed AHCA; 2) Senate Republicans plan to begin drafting their own ACA repeal and replacement legislation; 3) The House Committee on Ways & Means advanced three bills as part of the “third bucket” of their ACA repeal and replace strategy; and 4)… Read more »