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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday July 26 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans.” House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, “Office of National Drug Control Policy: Reauthorization in the 115th” Senate Special Committee on Aging, “Progress Toward a Cure for Type I Diabetes: Research and the… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 20, 2017

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Top takeaways from the week: (1) Senate Republicans remain at an impasse regarding their stalled ACA repeal plan, (2) Republicans released an updated repeal-only bill, the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act (ORRA), modeled after the 2015 Reconciliation bill, (3) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two sets of projections based on the ORRA and the most… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – July 17, 2017

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What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 18 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, “Examining HRSA’s Oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program.” Wednesday, July 19 House Committee on Appropriations, “Fully Committee Markup: FY 2018 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, and FY18 Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education Appropriations… Read more »

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

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  What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, July 11 Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, “Pending Health Care Legislation.” Notable Policy Events – Thursday, July 6 National Academy of Medicine, “Effective Care for High-Need Patients: Opportunities for Improving Outcomes, Value, and Health.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2tJ3sqg American Enterprise Institute, “Unbundling the Benefit for Better Health: A Broader… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – June 26, 2017

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  What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Thursday, June 29 House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, “Oversight and Investigations Legislative Hearing.” House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, “Economic Opportunity Legislative Hearing.” Notable Policy Events – Monday, June 26 Global Health Care, “Bundled Payment Summit.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2tuAQO6 Tuesday, June… Read more »