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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, July 31 Senate HELP Committee, “Reducing Health Care Costs: Decreasing Administrative Spending.” Wednesday, August 1 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Hearing on Pending Legislation.”  Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, July 31 Hudson Institute, “Innovating Telemedicine: A Discussion with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.” Additional information: https://bit.ly/2K6tK9G   Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable… 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, July 10 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Meeting to Consider the Pending Nomination of Robert Wilkie.” Wednesday, July 11 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program.” Thursday, July 12 House Veterans Affairs Committee, “Business Meeting to Assign New Members to… 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, June 26 House Veterans Affairs Committee, “VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: The Beginning of the Beginning.” House Appropriations Committee, “Markup of FY19 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill.” Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education, “Markup of FY19 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill.” Senate Finance Committee, “Prescription Drug Affordability and Innovation: Addressing Challenges in Today’s… 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, June 12 Senate Finance Committee, “Markup of Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018.” Senate HELP Committee, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: Examining the President’s Blueprint ‘American Patients First’ to Lower Drug Prices.” Wednesday, June 13 House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health,… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week  Hearings/Markups – Monday, May 21 House Rules Committee, “Meeting for S. 204, the Right to Try Act; H.R. 5155; and S. 2155.” Tuesday, May 22 Senate HELP Committee, “The Health Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving Care.” Senate Commerce Committee, “Markup of S. 2842, the Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of… Read more »