The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees advanced their respective repeal and replacement bills without accepting any amendments. The bills will be heard in the House Budget Committee next week before heading to the House floor. The Congressional Budget Office has not yet scored the bills. Several organizations have voiced their opposition,…
Read More »On Monday, March 6, the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees released their bills to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The bills essentially provide significant tax relief to insurers, while making coverage less affordable and less comprehensive for consumers. Mark ups on these proposals are expected tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8….
Read More »Last week, a draft of the House Republican reconciliation bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was leaked. Key components of the leaked draft include the: Elimination of the Prevention and Public Health Fund in FY 2018. Repeal of the Medicaid Expansion. Repeal of the individual and employer mandate. Creation of per capita…
Read More »Tuesday night, President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress. During his speech, he called on Congress to make investments in infrastructure, increases to defense spending and to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) among other things. In regards to the ACA, President Trump called on Congress to replace…
Read More »The Kaiser Family Foundation created a tool to compare the ACA replacement ideas that have been proposed at the federal level. The tool can compare up to three plans and includes the current ACA law, HHS Secretary Tom Price’s Empowering Patients First Act, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s A Better Way plan, Senator Bill Cassidy’s Patient…
Read More »House Republicans released a broad policy brief on their developing ACA replacement plan, which included talking points around their plan to modernize Medicaid, utilize State Innovation Grants, enhance Health Savings Accounts, and to provide portable, monthly tax credits. This document is meant to provide House Republicans with information to take home with them during their…
Read More »On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule on health care. Key changes proposed by the rule include: Shortening the upcoming annual enrollment period from November 1, 2017, to December 15, 2017. Adjusting the de minimis range used for determining the level of coverage provided by insurers. Requiring additional supporting…
Read More »Early this morning, the Senate voted to approve, along party lines 52-47, the confirmation of Georgia Congressman Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Price will be expected to implement the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), once fleshed out by Congress and the Administration. However, in the meantime, the…
Read More »Executive Order After being sworn in last Friday, President Trump moved quickly on signing an Executive Order to signaling his commitment to dismantling the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and any other executive departments or agencies with authority for the ACA to do the following:…
Read More »The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is looking to assist in efforts to make communities a place where kids can easily be active and healthy. They will be offering 160 hours of long-term, free, technical assistance to five communities in California to help them plan and prepare to apply to the State’s Active Transportation…
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