Legislation and Legislative Advocacy
The American Hospital Association (AHA) shares resources on health care legislation being considered by the U.S. House and Senate and legislative advocacy opportunities for hospitals and health systems.
The House July 3 voted 218-214 to pass the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), which enacts many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.
The Senate July 1, and the House July 2, passed a budget reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), H.R. 1, a sweeping package that enacts many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction. The bill includes significant policy…
The Senate narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) on July 1 by a 50-50 tally, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
The Senate today voted 51 to 50, with a deciding vote by Vice President J.D. Vance, to pass its version of the budget reconciliation bill.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has withdrawn his amendment to the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. This withdrawal comes after a vigorous advocacy campaign by the AHA, with the great assistance of our members, to urge senators to vote no on the amendment.
The AHA June 29 sent a letter to senators urging them to amend the budget reconciliation bill before its final passage in the Senate. The Senate version of the bill proposes even greater cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed version.
The magnitude of nearly a trillion-dollar reduction to the Medicaid program cannot be characterized solely as waste, fraud and abuse. The real-life consequences of these reductions will result in irreparable harm to access to care for all Americans and undermine the ability of hospitals and health…
AHA shares very serious concerns with the amendment in the nature of a substitute for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) (H.R. 1) that is being considered by the Senate.
Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., is expected to introduce an amendment to the Senate budget reconciliation bill during the vote-a-rama in the coming hours. The amendment would dramatically impact expansion states.
The table below summarizes the 10-year impact on federal Medicaid hospital spending if the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) were reduced to the traditional level for Medicaid expansion enrollees due to program churn.