The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) will host a webinar next Wednesday, January 25, from 1:00 – 1:45 pm, to discuss how the ACA repeal will affect counties. To register for the webinar, click here.
Read More »Yesterday, the California Senate Health Committee convened a hearing in Kern County – home to United States House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy – discussing the risks to California should the Federal Government repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula, a Central Valley native and former emergency room physician, joined the…
Read More »Early Thursday morning, Senate Republicans began the process of repealing the ACA by opening up the debate on a budget resolution (which provides direction to key committees for the budget reconciliation process, including drafting specific legislative language). During the debate, Senators proposed non-binding amendments to the resolution to be voted upon, which social media tagged…
Read More »This week, Senator Mike Enzi, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a resolution to begin the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The resolution provides instructions to the committees with jurisdiction over the ACA (Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, and House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means) on…
Read More »UC Berkeley Labor Center released a brief that estimates the effects on employment, gross domestic product (GDP), and state and local tax revenue in California with the elimination of the major health insurance expansions, reduction in taxes, and removal of penalties under a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The summary estimates that…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) shared recommendations to the incoming Trump Administration and the 115th U.S. Congress to protect and improve health and well-being in the nation’s communities. These recommendations provide Congress and the Administration with a list of essential, short-term priorities to improve local infrastructure as well as promote…
Read More »Earlier this week, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act, a sprawling piece of legislation that provides increased funding for medical research, overhauls federal mental health care policy, and speeds up the development and approval of experimental drug treatments. Overall, the Cures Act provides $6.3 billion to various programs and federal agencies…
Read More »Plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue to be a focus for Republican Congressional members. Last week, United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that upon Congress returning on January 3, there would be efforts to move a resolution to repeal the ACA, noting that this would be the first…
Read More »Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a short-term continuing resolution funding the federal government through April 28, 2017. In the House version, program funding will remain at FY 2016 levels. According to NACCHO, funding will be “substantially the same” for all programs. The continuing resolution will move to the Senate today as the deadline for…
Read More »The National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) hosted a webinar this week to discuss the future of public health programs under the Trump Administration and the Republican controlled House and Senate. To view a recording of the webinar, please click here. Presentation slides can be found here. Additionally, NACCHO produced several key…
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