Medicaid, Congressional Budget Office

Republicans Pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Ahead of the July 4 Deadline

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/7/2025

On June 16, 2025, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo released text and a section-by-section summary of the Senate’s proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate passed a revised version of this measure on July 1,...more

Congressional Budget Proposal Includes Adjustments to Dual-Eligible Enrollment Pathways and Medicare Savings Program Rules

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/25/2025

In June 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a budget reconciliation bill titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The legislation proposes a number of administrative changes to existing federal health...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

This Week From the Hill (March 30 – April 5, 2025)

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 4/2/2025

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more

Healthcare Preview for the Week of: March 24, 2025

McDermott+ on 3/25/2025

Lawmakers are back in Washington, DC, after a week-long recess. Both chambers will be in town for three weeks before a two-week Easter recess in mid-April. With the government funded through the end of this fiscal year, focus...more

This Week From the Hill (March 9 – 15, 2025)

Groom Law Group, Chartered on 3/12/2025

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - September 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/14/2021

Drug Pricing Initiatives: Congress is proceeding with the budget reconciliation process, which includes proposed measures related to drug pricing. House committees are beginning to mark up sections of the legislation related...more

Government watchdog, finding abuse complaints doubled, criticizes nursing home oversight

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 8/5/2019

With complaints of nursing home abuses doubling between 2013 and 2017, the federal agency with oversight of these facilities must improve significantly its efforts to protect millions of vulnerable seniors, the U.S....more

Is Prescription Drug Pricing The Cure For Partisanship?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/26/2019

In a rare act of bipartisanship, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced on July 23rd a chairman’s mark, the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA)...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

ML Strategies Update - The IMPROVE Act Summary

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 12/19/2018

Yesterday (December 11, 2018), the House passed H.R. 7217, the Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries (IMPROVE) Act. The Senate is expected to vote on the IMPROVE Act sometime next week. A...more

Continuing Resolution Proposal to Extend Funding for the Federal Government

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/22/2018

Overview - On Jan. 16, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) introduced a continuing resolution (CR), which would fund the federal government until Feb. 16. Congress has...more

Special Needs Plans: A Minibus Rider

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 10/25/2017

As Part of an ongoing series, we have previously provided details on the structure, funding, and evaluation of the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood, Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, Medicare therapy caps, and community health...more

Senate Health Care Bill 2.0: Implications for Health Care Stakeholders

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/17/2017

The new version of the Senate Republicans’ draft bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), was released July 13. This second pass includes changes meant to...more

CBO Scores Senate ACA Repeal and Replace Bill; Senate Postpones Legislative Action Until After July 4

King & Spalding on 7/6/2017

On June 27, 2017, Senate Republican leaders postponed a planned vote on the motion to proceed to debate on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, until...more

Over 4th, GOP senators seek independence from their health care jam

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 7/3/2017

Republicans in the U.S. Senate will spend a long Fourth of July break trying to figure if they can repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, with their Better Care Reconciliation Act, aka Trumpcare. Their...more

Senate Revises American Health Care Act

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 6/29/2017

On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans revealed their draft revisions to the American Health Care Act of 2017 (“AHCA” or the “House bill”) which passed the House in May of this year. The Senate version was prepared by...more

Senate Releases Repeal and Replace Legislation on ACA: The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/28/2017

After weeks of secrecy, the Senate has released a discussion draft of legislation that is the counterpart of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) previously passed by the House. The Senate legislation, entitled the Better Care...more

Highlights of Better Care Reconciliation Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/27/2017

U.S. Senate Republicans on June 22, 2017, unveiled a "discussion draft" of their healthcare plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. This memorandum provides highlights of key provisions. The Congressional Budget Office...more

The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 vs. The American Health Care Act: Summary of Key Differences

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/26/2017

On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), titled the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” (BCRA). Beyond the title change,...more

Senate GOP’s Health Care Plan Reshapes House’s Bill to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/23/2017

When the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and shipped it across the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration, key senators said they intended to write their own bill...more

Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on American Health Care Act

King & Spalding on 6/19/2017

On May 24, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis - or “score” - of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), as passed by the House on May 4, 2017. The CBO score projects that the AHCA would...more

Health Care Reform Weekly Roundup – Issue 4

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/14/2017

After a brief recess, Congress is back in session and health care reform negotiations continue. Below is a summary of a few, relatively minor, developments that took place during recess and the week of June 5th....more

Can Congress Get to “Yes” on Replacing the Affordable Care Act?

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 6/8/2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently gave a candid assessment of the chances of getting an Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement bill through the Senate, saying “I don’t know how we get to 50 (votes) at the...more

Senators Continue Negotiations on American Health Care Act (AHCA)

King & Spalding on 6/6/2017

Senate Republicans have been meeting in private to find a path to 50 votes to support legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), following the House passage of the AHCA on May 4. Senate Majority Leader...more

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