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

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

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Healthcare Preview for the Week of: March 24, 2025

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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

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ML Strategies Health Care Preview - July 2019 #2

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

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Federal Repeal of ACA's Individual Mandate Prompts States to Enact Replacement Policies

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As part of the GOP tax bill passed in December 2017, Congress repealed the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate penalty, effective January 1, 2019. The individual mandate requires adults to maintain health coverage...more

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Have the Reports of the Affordable Care Act’s Death Been Greatly Exaggerated?

The December 2017 Tax Reform Bill and the Repeal of the ACA’s Individual Mandate - The tax reform bill signed into law by President Trump on December 22, 2017, notably includes the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s...more

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Affordable Care Act Initially Fades from Spotlight; Reemerges in Senate Republicans' Latest Tax Proposal

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After dominating the agenda for most of 2017, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) seemed to take a backseat at first as Republicans shifted their focus to enacting tax legislation. The initial momentum behind the bipartisan...more

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Effects of Insurance Marketplace Uncertainty

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

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

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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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – July 2017 #4

Following the dramatic conclusion of the failed vote on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it appears the Senate will pivot to other issues, namely the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). However, the...more

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

Welcome back everybody. The absence of Senator John McCain (AZ) – who is recovering at home from a craniotomy – has caused Senate Republicans to delay consideration of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) previously...more

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

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

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Washington, D.C. Update – June 2017

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Having returned from its Memorial Day recess, Congress now enters one of the longest continuous work periods of the year and – with the exception of the week of the Fourth of July – will likely be in session until the end of...more

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

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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

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Senate Republican Health Care Working Group Releases Health Care Reform Bill Text

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On June 22, Senate Republicans released a discussion draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), their companion bill to the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA). The legislation, which reforms the Affordable...more

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What’s the Senate hiding on health care bill?

Bernie Sanders recently offered on Twitter what he described as a display of all the Senate Republicans’ public considerations of the American Health Care Act, aka Trumpcare: a photo of a blank piece of paper....more

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Health Care Reform Weekly Roundup – Issue 4

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

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Congress Returns for June Session to Face AHCA, User Fees and More

Congress returns from its Memorial Day recess to four full weeks of legislative activity. The drama of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) now hangs over the Senate. The House will return to its regular work once they advance...more

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CBO Releases Updated Cost Estimate of American Health Care Act of 2017

On May 24, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (“JCT”) released a cost estimate for H.R. 1628, known as the American Health Care Act of 2017 (the “AHCA”). The CBO and...more

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Health Care Reform Weekly Roundup – Issue 2

Below are key health care reform developments from the week of May 15th: ACA Repeal Efforts. Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue despite slowing down as the House of Representatives’...more

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ACA Repeal and Replace Effort Advances with House GOP’s Passage of the American Health Care Act

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On May 4, 2017, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), which would repeal and replace core components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The move came...more

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House Approves the American Health Care Act to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act

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Yesterday, by a vote of 217 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The House action...more

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The American Health Care Act – A Side-by-Side Comparison to Existing Law

As reported in our January 23, 2017 Clients & Friends Memorandum entitled “Status of the Affordable Care Act Repeal Efforts,” on January 12 and 13, 2017, the Republican-controlled Congress took the first step toward repealing...more

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American Health Care Act in the U.S. House of Representatives

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On January 13th, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 3) which included reconciliation instructions for the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means and the Senate Committees...more

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Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on American Health Care Act

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as reported by the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce. CBO estimates that AHCA would reduce federal...more

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What Trump’s HHS Secretary Appointment Could Mean for Healthcare Providers

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 28, 2016, that current House Budget Chair Representative Tom Price is his choice for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. Many providers are wondering what health care...more

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