Affordable Care Act, Proposed Legislation, Health Insurance

Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 29, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/30/2025

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be out of session, as the chamber has adjourned for the August 2025 district work period. The U.S. Senate remains in session and continues to consider nominations to lead...more

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

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: 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

House Democrats Propose New Legislation to Bolster the ACA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/29/2020

On June 24, 2020, House Democrats proposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425) (the “Proposed Act”), legislation aimed at reinforcing the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) by: (i) lowering...more

The Dome Report - 2020 West Virginia Legislature Update, Issue 6

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/28/2020

The 50th day of the 2020 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature marks a significant boundary line between the bills that have a chance for passage and those that failed. It is known as Cross Over Day, the last day...more

ML Strategies Health Care Preview - July 2019 #2

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 7/16/2019

This week, the House is scheduled to vote on a repeal of the Cadillac tax, which is a forty percent tax on high-cost health plans. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that repealing the tax would cost an estimated...more

New York and New Jersey Consider Health Insurance Reforms

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/4/2019

Increasing uncertainty and hostility surrounding the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) have resulted in a burst of health insurance reforms at the state level. For example, Washington recently passed a law creating a public...more

December 2018: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/10/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Health Care Policy Newsletter - July 2018 pt 2

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/16/2018

Foley & Lardner LLP’s (“Foley”) Bipartisan Public Policy Team is pleased to share our “Public Policy Weekly* Health Care Newsletter” in which we compile the latest Health Care policy news and legislation. *Please note that we...more

Congress Delays the “Cadillac Tax” and Other ACA-Related Taxes and Fees

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 1/26/2018

On January 22, 2018 Congress passed (and the President signed) the Federal Register Printing Savings Act (the “Act”), which temporarily (until February 8, 2018) continued funding federal government activity and appropriates...more

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/17/2018

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Obamacare Fight Spurs Executive Actions and Legislative Proposal

Burr & Forman on 11/16/2017

The last 30 days have seen efforts by both the executive and legislative branches to improve conditions in the health care insurance markets with the goal of making health insurance more accessible and affordable. ...more

WPI Insider Briefing: Will the New Composition of Federal Agencies Effect Change?

Littler on 10/24/2017

Nine months into President Trump’s term, the pace of nominations and appointments to fill critical position within his administration is accelerating. Action on the nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),...more

Beltway Buzz - October, 2017 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/20/2017

Deal or No Deal? Bipartisan ACA Agreement Faces Challenges. A bipartisan agreement forged by senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) that would temporarily restore funding for cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) is...more

Back in the Spotlight: The Affordable Care Act Again Takes Center Stage

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/19/2017

After a brief lull in activity, recent developments are likely to involve all three branches of government in addressing issues under the Affordable Care Act....more

The After-Effects of Graham-Cassidy’s Demise

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/27/2017

The proposed legislation known as Graham-Cassidy, the latest Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and restructure federal Medicaid financing, will not be put to a vote because 51...more

Effects of Insurance Marketplace Uncertainty

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/22/2017

Even as Senators continue to consider “Graham-Cassidy,” the latest Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal legislation, insurance markets are already reacting to uncertainty and instability brought about by persistent GOP efforts to...more

GOP Tries “Repeal and Replace” One More Time as Clock Runs Out

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/21/2017

Senate Republicans, frustrated by their failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the summer, are trying once again. They have only until September 30, according to a ruling by the Senate...more

Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – September 2017 #2

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 9/20/2017

Welcome back everybody. The House is out this week and the Senate is out Thursday and Friday with a lot to sort out before they skip town. Graham-Cassidy has people on edge because, if nothing else, it is still alive. The...more

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