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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 40 - March 2024

Legislative Day 40 is a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, and zero gravity turns (also known as conference committee reports). One goes from celebrating a bill achieving final passage to lamenting a measure being gutted...more

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Fall Congressional Forecast: Eye on Federal Funding and Health Care

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Congress faces a crowded agenda this fall comprised of must-pass policy initiatives and potential political messaging opportunities in the lead up to the November midterm elections. With control of both chambers at stake, the...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 21

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is trying to find a bipartisan deal on gun control ahead of the planned vote on the issue after...more

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Alston & Bird Health Care Week in Review - April 2022 #1

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Dear Future President—What Women Want From Our Next Leader

Editor’s Note: In a new white paper, summarized below, Manatt Health partners with Tia to reveal how women would advise the next President of the United States, regardless of who it is, on their healthcare priorities for the...more

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GOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.

Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing with clients’ risks. This is one point to keep in mind...more

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Summer’s discontent: Evidence defies partisans on ACA, Medicaid expansion

The evidence accumulates that partisans’ persistent attacks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid run counter to their constituents’ needs and wishes, but will Republicans course-correct or will voters soon force them to?...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Connecticut District Court Provides Interpretation of ACA Provision - Decision Allows Insurers to Circumvent Hospitals in...

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• The ACA does not prevent insurers from declining to directly reimburse out-of-network hospitals for emergency care, and instead adjudicate and administer claims directly with individual patients, the U.S. District Court for...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Tennessee Highway Patrol K-9 Officers May Receive Health Care Benefits

The Senate approved legislation this week allowing retirement health care benefits for Tennessee Highway Patrol K-9 officers. SB1286 / HB1353, sponsored by Sen. Rusty Crow and Rep. John Holsclaw, requires the Tennessee...more

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Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on American Health Care Act

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as reported by the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce. CBO estimates that AHCA would reduce federal...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Alert: 2016 Round-Up: Key Decisions Affecting Connecticut Health Care Providers

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Connecticut state and federal courts faced a number of significant health care issues last year. We have summarized those cases that we think are particularly relevant to Connecticut hospitals, group practices and individual...more

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Rhetoric and reality: Will GOP strip up to 32 million of health insurance?

As partisans race to fulfill their seven-year political pledge to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, their rhetoric has collided with reality, posing huge questions as to how responsibly they will...more

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Obama Signs Bill Making Changes to Affordable Care Act

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On October 7, President Obama signed into law H.R.1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act. The act amends a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to allow states to opt out of the scheduled expansion...more

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Healthcare Costs for the Average Family Have Risen Dramatically

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According to consulting and actuarial firm Milliman’s “2015 Milliman Medical Index,” which measures the cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four receiving coverage from an employer-sponsored preferred provider...more

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