A group of Democratic attorneys general demand the administration immediately comply with federal injunctions that bar the government from implementing rules that loosen the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, saying that information posted on, or omitted by, HHS and Department of Labor websites violates the orders.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s surprise billing fix would save $21.9 billion over the course of 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

President Donald Trump on Thursday (Sept. 19) issued an executive order to establish a National Influenza Task Force, co-chaired by the heads of HHS and the Department of Defense and comprising senior officials from several federal agencies, including FDA and CMS.

A Senate Finance Committee task force charged with looking at six expiring health taxes, including the Affordable Care Act’s taxes on medical devices and health insurers, failed to reach a consensus on next steps in a newly issued report.

Home health providers, Medicare advocates and hospitals again expressed concerns that CMS’ proposed 8% cut within the home health system based on behavioral assumptions is too harsh in its proposed 2020 home health pay rule.

Senate appropriators call on FDA to take additional steps to address vaping-related illnesses in the fiscal 2020 FDA funding bill and accompanying report they marked up Thursday (Sept.19).

A summary of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) long-awaited government drug price negotiation bill says that savings from the plan, unveiled Thursday (Sept. 19), could be used to add hearing, vision and dental benefits to Medicare.

The House on Thursday (Sept. 19) passed a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 and avert a government shutdown Oct. 1, and the Senate reportedly will take up the CR next week.