In This Issue:
- Congress passes CROmnibus
- Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
- Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Congressional Initiatives
- Ongoing Ebola Response
- Other Health Care News
- Upcoming Congressional Hearings
- Excerpt from Congress passes CROmnibus:
On Saturday, the Senate passed, by a 56-to-40 vote, the Cromnibus, a $1.1 trillion spending package which the House had passed earlier in the week. The 1,603-page bill contains a number of key health provisions:
- Ebola: $5.4 billion of the President’s $6.2 billion funding request is included in the funding measure, including $2.7 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), $1.2 billion for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and $2.5 billion to combat the virus in Africa.
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