What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday, June 7 Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community.” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, “Overcoming PTSD: Assessing VA’s Efforts to Promote Wellness and Healing.” House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries.”… Read more »
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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – May 30, 2017
What’s Ahead: This Week Congressional Recess – Both Houses of Congress are in recess this week for the Memorial Day holiday, and will return the week of June 5. Notable Policy Events – Tuesday, May 30 HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), “AHRQ National Webinar on Optimizing the Presentation of Visualization of Health… Read more »
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 25, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) The CBO published its analysis of the House-passed AHCA; 2) Senate Republicans plan to begin drafting their own ACA repeal and replacement legislation; 3) The House Committee on Ways & Means advanced three bills as part of the “third bucket” of their ACA repeal and replace strategy; and 4)… Read more »
ACA Repeal and Replacement Update – May 18, 2017
Top takeaways from the week: 1) Senators continue to meet on ACA repeal and replacement efforts, 2) the Senate working group has begun to discuss advancing certain short-term market stabilization policies prior to a longer-term replacement package, and 3) a group of bipartisan Senate moderates met to discuss a bipartisan path forward. Senate Action –… Read more »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – May 15, 2017
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Tuesday, May 16 Senate Finance Committee, “Examining Bipartisan Medicare Policies that Improve Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions.” Wednesday May 17 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “Pending Health and Benefits Legislation.” House Appropriations Committee, “House of Representatives: Fiscal 2018 Budget.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, “Examining Initiatives to Advance Public… Read more »
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