What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, August 1 Senate HELP Committee, “HHS Nomination Hearing.” Thursday, August 3 Senate Finance Committee, “Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, United States Department of Commerce, and Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Healthcare Policy
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – July 27, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) After voting to proceed with debate, the Senate rejected both the Better Care Reconciliation Act and the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act; 2) the Senate is still in the midst of their 20-hour debate period, after which they will proceed to a vote-a-rama; 3) Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) is… Read more »
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… Read more »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – July 17, 2017
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 »
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… Read more »
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