Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – September 5, 2017

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Wednesday, September 6 Senate HELP Committee, “Stabilizing Premiums and Helping Individuals in the Individual Insurance Market for 2018: State Insurance Commissioners.” Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, “The History and Current Reality of the U.S. Health Care System.” Wednesday, September 6 – Thursday, September 7 Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor,… Read more »

ACA & Market Stabilization Update – August 31, 2017

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Top Takeaways from Recess – (1) The Senate HELP Committee has scheduled a series of hearings over the next two weeks to discuss market stabilization policies, (2) Governors Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Kasich (R-OH) sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leadership outlining their priorities for market stabilization, and (3) the Administration announced it would cut spending… Read more »

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

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  What’s Ahead: This Week  Congressional Recess – Congress is currently in recess, and will return the week of September 4. Notable Policy Events – Monday, August 6 – Thursday, August 9 National Association of Insurance Commissioners, “Summer 2017 National Meeting.” (Philadelphia, PA) Additional information: http://bit.ly/2vDJlK5 Tuesday, August 7 National Academy of Social Insurance, “Demystifying Health… Read more »

ACA Repeal and Replacement Update

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 Top takeaways from the week: 1) The Senate HELP Committee has announced plans to hold a series of hearings on market stabilization policies beginning the week of September 4; 2) the House Problem Solvers Caucus released a bipartisan set of proposals to stabilize the marketplaces; and 3) President Trump has yet to commit to continuing… Read more »