Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Proposed Legislation

Pennsylvania Perspective for Thursday, July 10, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 7/11/2025

Gov. Shapiro Warns About Medicaid Cuts, Rural Hospital Closures - During a press conference in York on Monday, Governor Josh Shapiro (D) sharply criticized Pennsylvania Republicans for supporting a federal reconciliation...more

Health Care Week in Review | Senate Parliamentarian Issues Rulings on Budget Reconciliation Provisions; Supreme Court Upholds the...

Alston & Bird on 6/30/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Where To, Medicaid? House Legislation Makes Significant Changes; Senate Future is Uncertain

Lathrop GPM on 6/25/2025

On May 22, 2025, after a marathon markup session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill containing significant proposed changes to the Medicaid program....more

McDermott+ Check-Up – June 18, 2025

McDermott+ on 6/19/2025

THIS WEEK’S DOSE - - Senate Finance Committee Releases Reconciliation Text. The language is subject to change as negotiations continue and the Byrd rule process plays out. - CMS Releases MA Risk Adjustment Audit Methodology...more

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: June 16, 2025

McDermott+ on 6/17/2025

The House is out this week for the Juneteenth holiday, but the Senate will be in town through Wednesday. We expect these three days to be significant because the Senate Finance Committee has announced that it intends to...more

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: June 9, 2025

McDermott+ on 6/10/2025

Senate Continues Reconciliation Consideration - This week, Senate consideration of the reconciliation package will continue, and more text will be made public as the process begins to move out from behind closed doors....more

Health Care Week in Review | CMS Rescinds Biden-Era EMTALA Abortion Guidance; CBO Projects 16 Million Could Lose Coverage Under...

Alston & Bird on 6/9/2025

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: March 31, 2025

McDermott+ on 4/1/2025

Reconciliation Watch - Reports indicate that the Senate will move as soon as Wednesday to begin advancing a unified budget plan. The Senate hopes to be able to advance the budget resolution by having the two chambers...more

Election 2024: Healthcare Innovation in the US

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/22/2024

How would a Harris-Walz administration affect clients in your practice? Bottom line: It would likely put to rest or delay debates about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), allowing health policy and legislation to focus on other...more

Election 2024: Gender-Affirming Care in the US

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/22/2024

On the issue of gender-affirming care, how would a Harris-Walz administration affect clients in your practice? Bottom line: A Harris-Walz administration would likely provide health plans and health plan sponsors with...more

2025 Deadline for Health Insurance Subsidies Looms Over Elections

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 10/10/2024

As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, Congress passed a three-year extension of enhanced subsidies for individuals purchasing their own health coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...more

Biden Reveals Health Care Priorities in FY 2025 Budget

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/12/2024

On Monday, March 11, President Joe Biden unveiled his fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request, the fourth of his presidency. The $7.3 trillion proposal calls for approximately $1.9 trillion in discretionary spending, $4.4...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: December 1, 2023

McDermott+ on 12/4/2023

CONGRESS - House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Examines AI. The hearing explored the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, acknowledging its promise in enhancing efficiency, improving patient care and...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 27, 2023

McDermott+ on 10/30/2023

CONGRESS - House Republicans Elect New Speaker. After weeks of turmoil, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the new Speaker of the House on Wednesday with 220 votes secured on the floor. The House is now able to...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 16, 2023

McDermott+ on 6/16/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/19/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – March 2019 #2

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 3/29/2019

This week, House Democrats will unveil a sweeping health care bill aimed at lowering premiums and out-of-pocket costs, and to target actions taken by the Administration to undermine the individual market. This comes on the...more

California: Proposed Legislation Regulating Health Care Rates for Payors and Providers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/19/2018

An ambitious California proposal to regulate health care rates and curb long-term health care spending was unveiled last week in Assembly Bill 3087 (Proposed Legislation). The key concept in the Proposed Legislation is the...more

WPI Insider Briefing: New President, New Congress, New Direction in Workplace Policy

Littler on 2/8/2017

President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017, ushering in a new balance of power in Washington and what is expected to be a dramatically different era of workplace policy. On his first day in office,...more

The Road to Higher Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs is Paved with Good Intentions: The Unintended Consequences of High Deductible...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/6/2016

High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) are among the fastest growing health plans in both the individual and group markets. For calendar year 2017, the IRS defines an HDHP as any health plan with a minimum deductible of $1300...more

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