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

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What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Monday, March 12 House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “VA Healthcare: Maximizing Resources in Puerto Rico.” Wednesday, March 14 House Budget Committee, “CBO Oversight: Perspectives from Outside Experts.” Thursday, March 15 House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “FY 2019 Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for the Veterans… 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, February 27 Senate HELP Committee, “The Opioid Crisis: The Role of Technology and Data in Preventing and Treating Addiction.” House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial & Antitrust Law, “Competition in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: The Proposed Merger of CVS Health and Aetna.” House Oversight & Government Reform… 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, January 30 Senate HELP Committee, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, “Roundtable on Small Business Health Plans.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Exampling Implementation of the Compounding Quality Act.” House Committee on Veterans Affairs, “Appeals Reform: Will VA’s Implementation Effectively Serve Veterans?”  Notable Policy Events… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, January 9 Senate Finance Committee, “Hearing to Consider the Anticipated Nomination of Alex Michael Azar II, of Indiana, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.” Senate HELP Committee, “The Opioid Crisis: An Examination of How We Got Here and How We Move Forward.”  Notable Policy Events – Thursday,… Read more »

ACA & Market Stabilization Update – November 9, 2017

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Top Takeaway from this week – (1) Over 600,000 people enrolled in coverage through Healthcare.gov during the first four days of the ACA’s fifth open enrollment period; (2) Despite a push to include a repeal of the individual mandate into tax reform, it has not yet been added to either the House or Senate versions;… Read more »