On March 6, 2020, President Trump signed H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (the Act) into law (Public Law 116-123). The legislation, which was introduced on March 4 and...more
Last week, three House Committees held hearings about protecting the Affordable Care Act (ACA), receiving testimony from patient advocates, researchers, and ACA supporters. Members of both parties supported preserving...more
Last week, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) announced they had reached an agreement on a short-term, bipartisan health insurance...more
On October 12, 2017, the White House press office announced that the Trump Administration would no longer make cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers, which it referred to as a “bailout of insurance companies...more
Congress returns to Washington today, September 5, 2017, and faces a formidable to-do list for the month: Acting on the Administration’s $14.55 billion emergency funding request for disaster assistance for Hurricane Harvey,...more
According to multiple media reports, the Trump administration will make CSR payments for August. President Trump has previously called these expenditures, which help insurers fund coverage for low income individuals,...more
Congress is on recess until September 5, and the outlook for Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace legislation remains unclear. Moderate Democrats and Republicans want to work together to shore up the ACA insurance...more
Following a week in which Senate Republican healthcare reform plans shifted from Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace, to repeal only, to uncertain, the Senate is expected to vote tomorrow, July 25, 2017, on a motion...more
Senate Republicans have been meeting in private to find a path to 50 votes to support legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), following the House passage of the AHCA on May 4. Senate Majority Leader...more
Yesterday, by a vote of 217 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The House action...more
Last week, prior to departing Washington, D.C. for a two week congressional recess, House Republicans and the Trump Administration worked to come to an agreement on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), legislation to repeal...more
On February 16, 2017, House Republicans released a policy brief on how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The brief builds upon the ideas outlined in the 2016 “A Better Way” proposal and promises action on...more
Early in the morning of February 10, 2017, the U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Senators voted along party lines, 52 to 47, to confirm Rep. Price, an orthopedic...more
On January 24, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Dr. Tom Price (R-GA) to be Secretary of HHS. The Committee has scheduled a vote for today, January 30, on his nomination. ...more
Last week, Congress took the first step in a process to repeal and replace the ACA by passing S. Con. Res. 3, a Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolution, to instruct congressional health committees to write legislation, known as...more
This week, the Senate and the House are expected to approve an FY 2017 budget resolution instructing congressional committees to write legislation, known as budget reconciliation bills, to rescind many key components of the...more
President-elect Trump stated that Rep. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, six-term Member of Congress, and Chairman of the Budget Committee, “has earned a reputation for being a tireless problem solver and the go-to expert on...more