DE Under 3: OFCCP’s Congressional Budget Justification Is Chock-Full of Insights Into the Agency’s Plans & Past Performance
The Senate is poised to vote today, July 25, 2017, on a motion to proceed (MTP) to debate on repealing and possibly replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The MTP allows the Senate to consider the House repeal and replace...more
Congressional action on repeal and replace took a number of significant turns in the past few days, and next steps still remain uncertain. On Monday evening, Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) joined Senators...more
On June 27, 2017, Senate Republican leaders postponed a planned vote on the motion to proceed to debate on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, until...more
On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans revealed their draft revisions to the American Health Care Act of 2017 (“AHCA” or the “House bill”) which passed the House in May of this year. The Senate version was prepared by...more
On June 22, Senate leadership released their proposed substitute for the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), as a discussion draft. The BCRA was updated on June 26,...more
On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), titled the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” (BCRA). Beyond the title change,...more
When the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and shipped it across the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration, key senators said they intended to write their own bill...more
On May 24, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis - or “score” - of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), as passed by the House on May 4, 2017. The CBO score projects that the AHCA would...more
After a brief recess, Congress is back in session and health care reform negotiations continue. Below is a summary of a few, relatively minor, developments that took place during recess and the week of June 5th....more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently gave a candid assessment of the chances of getting an Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement bill through the Senate, saying “I don’t know how we get to 50 (votes) at the...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
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on May 24 released its much-anticipated score of the House Republicans’ bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), officially known as H.R. 1628, the American Health Care...more
Below are key health care reform developments from the week of May 15th: ACA Repeal Efforts. Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue despite slowing down as the House of Representatives’...more