Former CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt and deputy director of the Obama White House Office of Health Reform Jeanne Lambrew said Friday (June 23) that the Senate's draft health care overhaul bill would hurt low-income individuals and those with preexisting conditions.
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Medicaid
Friday, 23 June 2017
Witnesses testifying at a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing Friday (June 23) asked lawmakers to keep the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and federally qualified health centers (FQHC’s) stable for kids and low-income people as Congress pushes to cap Medicaid.
Friday, 23 June 2017
In a press conference with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R), Republican Sen. Dean Heller (NV) on Friday (June 23) said he doesn't support the Senate's draft health care overhaul, and will vote against advancing the bill next week if Medicaid expansion isn’t protected.
Friday, 23 June 2017
Democrats would likely use the Supreme Court ruling against mandatory Medicaid expansion to fight federal Medicaid funding caps, a former Senate Republican staffer said, but legal scholars doubt that suit would be a good precedent to use against the caps should the GOP health reform legislation be enacted.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
House Republican Study Committee members warned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that four components of the House-passed American Health Care Act are crucial to getting a final health reform bill to the White House -- the so-called MacArthur amendment, phasing out enhanced Medicaid expansion by 2020, repealing Affordable Care Act taxes, and preventing federal payments to Planned Parenthood while also keeping subsidies from being used to purchase plans that cover abortion -- and raised concerns the Senate is moving in a direction that could cause the upper chamber's bill to stall in the House.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The discussion draft of the Senate Republican health care reframes the House Medicaid provisions and walks a fine line between appeasing conservatives with promises of spending cuts and giving hope to moderates by setting up a delay in some of the most stringent cuts.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The Senate Republicans’ health reform discussion draft is similar to the House-passed American Health Care Act, but gets rid of the continuous coverage provision, offers more generous tax credits and calls for a longer phase-out of Medicaid expansion.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Conservative GOP Sens. Rand Paul (KY), Ted Cruz (TX), Mike Lee (UT) and more moderate Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) announced their opposition to the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, as it is currently constructed, hours after its release.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The Congressional Budget Office expects to score the Senate’s version of the American Health Care Act early next week, according to a CBO statement, and Senate Republicans aim to vote on the bill shortly thereafter.
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The Senate GOP health care bill due out Thursday morning (June 22) is expected to follow these specs, which were circulated by GOP staff and health care lobbyists Wednesday night:
Thursday, 22 June 2017
The Senate GOP health care bill due out Thursday morning (June 22) is expected to follow these specs, which were circulated by GOP staff and health care lobbyists Wednesday night:
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Release of the working draft of the Senate’s American Health Care Act is imminent, and yet Republican senators say discussion around certain key controversial Medicaid measures is ongoing.
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Senate Republicans hope to work around the fact that key provisions included in the House-passed health care bill may not pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian, including measures to fund cost-sharing reduction payments, prohibit tax credits from being used for abortions and set up a stabilization fund.
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Lawmakers are considering shifting stability funding and cost-sharing subsidies from the American Health Care Act to legislation that funds the Children’s Health Insurance Program because the Senate parliamentarian is leaning against allowing those measures in the AHCA -- a move that could jeopardize the reauthorization of CHIP funding, lobbyists say.
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
The House Republican Conference on Monday (June 19) emailed a survey asking for the public's take on the future of Medicaid, and in the email signaled the House Budget Committee is considering additional Medicaid reforms.
Monday, 19 June 2017
Senate Republican leadership plans to hold the vote on its version of the American Health Care Act next week, senior Senate aides told Inside Health Policy even though Republicans remain divided on key aspects of the emerging bill.
Monday, 19 June 2017
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) penned an op-ed Monday urging his fellow Republicans to slow down their push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act because it is being branded as hurting elderly individuals and will hurt the party politically in the midterms.
Monday, 19 June 2017
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is still advocating for passive enrollment and touting his Patient Freedom Act bill with moderate Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) even as a vote on the emerging Senate health care bill is expected next week.
Friday, 16 June 2017
Seven Republican and Democratic governors are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to work with them to help stabilize endangered state exchanges, and their priority is making plans affordable.
Friday, 16 June 2017
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Friday (June 16) called on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to bring his caucus to an “All-Senators” meeting next week in the old Senate Chamber to discuss health reform.
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