Tag: Senate

This Week’s Dose: The House Ways and Means and Education and Labor committees released information on their surprise billing proposals, and President Trump delivered the State of the Union on...

SURPRISE BILLING IS BACK.   

• Surprise Billing is Back in the Spotlight. Since December, we have been waiting for the House Ways and Means Committee to release language for its surprise billi...

  M+ Healthcare Preview: January 27, 2020

  The House is Back, but the Senate Remains Focused on Impeachment.   

  • Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Proposed Rule and Medicaid Block Grants. This week, comments are due for the Medicaid Fisc...

    M+ Healthcare Preview: January 21, 2020

    Health Care Priorities in Congress are on Pause.  

    • Impeachment and the Senate. Last week the House sent two articles of impeachment to the Senate. Following that, the Senate began its procedu...

      M+ Check-Up: February 8, 2019

      This Week’s Dose: The State of the Union briefly highlighted a few Administration health initiatives. The House continues its focus on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Senate is pressuring ...

      M+ Check-Up: January 18, 2019

      Congress Shutdown Stalemate. Over the past two weeks, the Democratic-controlled House has voted to fund the federal agencies affected by the shutdown. There have been short- a...

      M+ Check-Up: November 16, 2018

      This Week’s Diagnosis: Newly elected congressional members were welcomed to Washington this week, while currently serving members returned for a brief, but important post-election lame duck s...

      M+ Check-Up: October 12, 2018

      This Week’s Diagnosis: With midterms less than one month away, it is relatively quiet around Washington, DC. The Senate completed its work on Thursday and now joins the House in recess until ...

      M+ Check-Up: October 5, 2018

      This Week’s Diagnosis: The Senate continues to chug along with hearings, opioids and judicial nominees. All is quiet in DC on the House side – members are in their home districts campaignin...

      M+ Check-Up: September 28, 2018

      This Week’s Diagnosis: Consideration of the Kavanaugh nomination dominated airtime in the Senate this week, but the House stayed on-task, pushing through a number of health-related bills.

      M+ Check-up: September 7, 2018

      This Week’s Diagnosis: It was a busy week in Washington, DC, as lawmakers returned to a packed agenda. Below is a summary of the key health care happenings this week:

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