Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week ACA Repeal and Replacement Activity – On August 9, New Hampshire Governor Sununu sent a letter to President Trump urging him to provide a clear roadmap to Congress on ACA reform, commit to funding cost-sharing reductions in 2017 and 2018, commit funds to stabilizing… Read more »
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Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead
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 »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead
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 »
Both Sides of the Aisle Agree – Telemedicine is the Future | The Hill Op-ed
Last Thursday, in the midst of the intense debate about the future of ObamaCare, Congress held yet another hearing extoling the virtues of telehealth and remote patient monitoring, and lamenting the barriers in Medicare that are preventing seniors from accessing these new technologies in the same way as patients in the commercial market. The hearing… Read more »
Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – July 24, 2017
What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings/Markups – Wednesday July 26 House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans.” House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, “Office of National Drug Control Policy: Reauthorization in the 115th” Senate Special Committee on Aging, “Progress Toward a Cure for Type I Diabetes: Research and the… Read more »
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