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 »

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Notable Policy Events – Thursday, January 4 American Enterprise Institute, “Re-connecting Health Care Policy with Economics: Finding and Fixing Distortive Incentives.” Additional information: http://bit.ly/2qePfjY  Weekly Wrap-Up: Notable Health Care Developments From Last Week  Appropriations – On December 22, President Trump signed into law a continuing resolution (CR) (H. J. Res 124) that… Read more »

Health Care Policy Update – Weekly Wrap-Up and What’s Ahead – December 11, 2017

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, December 12 Senate HELP Committee, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: An Examination of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report “Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative.” House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, “Examining Concerns of Patient Brokering and Addiction Treatment Fraud.” Senate Judiciary… Read more »

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

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 What’s Ahead: This Week Hearings – Tuesday, December 5 Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, “Addressing the Opioid Crisis in America: Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery.” Thursday, December 7 Senate HELP Committee, “Implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act: Progress and the Path Forward for Medical Innovation.” House Committee… Read more »

ACA & Market Stabilization Update – November 30, 2017

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Top Takeaway from this week – (1) The Senate is moving towards a vote on tax reform, which includes a repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate; (2) Senator Collins has said leadership is committed to enacting two market stabilization bills by the end of the year; and (3) Enrollment in the federally-facilitated exchanges slowed in… Read more »