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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +
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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – March 2018 #3

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This is the week. Congress needs to fund the government by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. It’s all but certain that the government will be funded, despite the dysfunction on display in getting through this week. The...more

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As Congress Struggles With ACA Repeal, Trump Administration Moves Forward With Regulatory Reform

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The Trump administration and Republican-led Congress spent substantial time and political capital in 2017 on efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and enact sweeping Medicaid reform. By the end of the...more

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Fate of Last-Minute Affordable Care Act Initiatives Uncertain

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This week, the debate over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gained new momentum in two separate, but connected channels. As the fiscal year (FY) budget reconciliation window enabling expedited passage of an ACA repeal draws to a...more

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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – September 2017 #2

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Welcome back everybody. The House is out this week and the Senate is out Thursday and Friday with a lot to sort out before they skip town. Graham-Cassidy has people on edge because, if nothing else, it is still alive. The...more

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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – September 2017

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“It’s déjà vu all over again.” We’re back again this week for an important round of hearings in HELP and Finance where we will be paying close attention to the tone emanating from the hearings especially after Chairman...more

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One Last Attempt at ACA Repeal/Replace, or Pivot to Market Stabilization Bill?

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While enthusiasm for pursing another vote on ACA repeal and replace in the Senate appears to have dimmed, hopes for repeal have not yet been extinguished. At the same time, a bipartisan group of Senators is working on a...more

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Senate Fails to Advance Health Care Reform Bill; Next Steps Remain Uncertain

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After a late-night defeat, it appears that Senate Republicans' years-long push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has stalled following deep divisions between moderate and conservative members over the goals and various...more

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Highlights of Better Care Reconciliation Act

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U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, unveiled a "discussion draft" of their healthcare plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. This memorandum provides highlights of key provisions. The Congressional Budget Office...more

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The Better Care Reconciliation Act: Similarities to House Health Care Bill, Preserves Parts of ACA

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On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), their much-anticipated version of the legislation to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite rumors of a...more

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House Passes American Health Care Act

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On May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill that will repeal and replace the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Republican-backed American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed in the...more

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Stabilizing the Exchanges: CMS Issues Final Rule

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On April 18, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register a final rule (the "Final Rule") aimed at stabilizing the individual and small group health insurance markets...more

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HHS Finalizes Rule Aimed at Stabilizing ACA Individual Marketplace

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On Thursday, April 13, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a long-awaited regulation intended to stabilize the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual health insurance marketplace. The final rule tracks closely...more

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