ACA & Market Stabilization Update – October 19, 2017
Top Takeaway from this week – (1) Last Thursday, President Trump announced his decision to cut off payments for cost-sharing reductions immediately; (2) Senate HELP Committee Chair Alexander and Ranking Member Murray announced a market stabilization deal; and (3) President Trump has waffled on his support for the deal, sowing confusion. Late last week, President […]
ACA & Market Stabilization Update – September 28, 2017
Top Takeaways from this week – (1) Senate GOP leaders have postponed a vote on the Graham-Cassidy-Johnson-Hiller bill due to insufficient support; (2) Senate HELP Committee leadership announced their intent to restart market stabilization negotiations; and (3) President Trump announced he is considering an Executive Order to allow the sale of insurance across state lines. […]
ACA & Market Stabilization Update – September 6, 2017
Top Takeaways from this week – (1) The Senate HELP Committee held two hearings to discuss market stabilization with state insurance commissioners and governors; (2) the Senate Finance Committee has also announced a hearing on health care costs and coverage; and (3) the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that budget reconciliation instructions to repeal the ACA will […]
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 20, 2017
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 […]
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 13, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senate Republicans released an updated version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act and 2) Senate leadership is hoping to bring the bill to the floor next week, with an updated CBO score expected on Monday, and 3) Democrats are pushing for bipartisan fixes to the ACA, having released a […]
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – June 22, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) Today, Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of their repeal and replacement legislation, which is expected to move to the Senate floor for a vote early next week, 2) Congressional Budget Office is expected to release a score of the legislation on Monday, and 3) Wednesday was the […]
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – June 15, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: (1) The Senate is running out of time to be able to vote on the AHCA before the July 4 recess, (2) Several Republicans are now urging the White House to continue funding cost-sharing reduction payments, (3) The House passed three bills as part of the “third phase” of repeal […]
Health Care Policy Update – 4/10
What’s Ahead: This Week Notable Health Care Policy Events – Monday, April 10 National Coalition on Health Care, “Medicaid Per Capita Allotments: Exploring Implications for Medicare Beneficiaries.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2omCpNX Monday, April 10 – Tuesday, April 11 HHS Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), “April Public Meeting.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2oyJICU Monday, April 10 – Wednesday, […]
ACA Repeal & Replacement Update – 4/6
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – April 6, 2017 Top takeaways from the week: 1) Negotiations on repeal and replace continued this week, as Congress prepares for an upcoming recess back home; 2) The House Rules Committee approved an amendment to the American Health Care Act that would provide $15 billion over the next […]
Health Policy Update 3-27-17
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups Tuesday, March 28 House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Examining FDA’s Medical Device User Fee Program.” Wednesday, March 29 House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, “Budget Hearing – Department of Health and Human Services.” House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, “Federally-Funded Cancer Research: […]
