Health Care

Young introduces bicameral legislation to expand individual mandate exemption

Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) on Monday would expand an existing affordability exemption under the Affordable Care…

8 years ago

Senate Republicans introduce emergency bill enabling states to expand health insurance options

States would be given temporary flexibility to expand health insurance options for those who rely on Affordable Care Act (ACA)…

8 years ago

Capito introduces bipartisan bill to shield community pharmacies from retroactive fees

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Tuesday would prevent Medicare Part D plan sponsors from…

8 years ago

Walters hopes Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act becomes model for states

U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) recently told the Ripon Advance that a goal of her legislation to protect the rights…

8 years ago

Burgess, Upton efforts lead to CMS increasing flexibility on MACRA

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Thursday that it would heed requests from U.S. Reps. Fred…

8 years ago

Committee approves Young bill to improve coordinated care for patients with kidney disease

The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation on Thursday that U.S. Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) sponsored to help those…

8 years ago

Tiberi convenes hearing on cost efficiency, outcomes of Medicare Part A policies

U.S Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) convened a hearing on Wednesday to probe whether Medicare Part A policies are improving care…

8 years ago

Portman, Ayotte, Johnson introduce STOP Act to curb synthetic drug trafficking

U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would curb the…

8 years ago

Walters bill protecting sexual assault survivors’ rights approved by House

The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday by a vote of 399-0 that U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) introduced…

8 years ago

Bipartisan committee leaders work toward successful implementation of MACRA

U.S. Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI), Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Pat Tiberi (R-OH) recently stressed the importance of flexibility in implementing…

8 years ago

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