The House and Senate voted last week, and President Biden signed into law on December 10, 2021, a bill to delay looming reduction in Medicare rates set to take effect in 2022. The bill, the Protecting Medicare and American...more
Last week, President Biden presented an outline of a $1.75 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) social spending reconciliation framework resulting from months of negotiations with House and Senate Democrats. Congressional...more
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On December 17, 2019, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) reintroduced legislation to address the backlog of Medicare appeals cases awaiting review before an...more
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On September 19, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, to make a series of changes to Medicare to lower the price of prescription drugs. The bill must move through three...more
On September 12, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by voice vote four bipartisan bills to amend various provisions of the Medicare program. A summary of each bill is below....more
On May 2, House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) released a discussion draft of the Medicare Long-Term Care Services and Supports (LTSS) Act of 2018, to establish a new LTSS benefit within the...more
On February 9, 2018, after passing the House and Senate, the President signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA). The BBA amends the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) to increase the spending caps on both defense...more
In the early hours of Saturday, December 2, 2017, the Senate approved its version of tax reform legislation, S. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by a vote of 51-49. All Republican Senators except Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)...more
On February 16, 2017, House Republicans released a policy brief on how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The brief builds upon the ideas outlined in the 2016 “A Better Way” proposal and promises action on...more