Medicaid
The House of Representatives today voted 216-212 to approve the Senate’s fiscal 2018 budget resolution, which is designed to provide budget reconciliation protection for a tax code overhaul. Approved by the Senate last week, the resolution would allow up to $1.5 trillion in additional deficits over…
AHA participated today in a stakeholder listening session hosted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to formally launch the agency’s regulatory relief effort.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published frequently asked questions on the implementation of its final rule applying certain provisions of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 to Medicaid managed care organizations, Medicaid alternative…
The Senate Finance Committee today approved by voice vote legislation to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2022. Under the KIDS Act (S. 1827), the program’s federal matching rate would remain at 23% through FY 2019, change to 11.5% for FY 2020 and…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) last night unveiled a bill to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2022, modify reductions in Medicaid disproportionate share payments to hospitals and provide $1 billion in Medicaid funding to…
Once again, the Senate attempted to pass a proposal to repeal and replace significant parts of the Affordable Care Act. Once again, it met defeat – and we are grateful.But this fight is not over. America’s hospitals and health systems must stay vigilant and continue to make the case to protect…
Below is a summary of the revised version of the proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) that is currently circulating in Washington, D.C.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) tonight released preliminary estimates of the coverage and financial impact of the Graham-Cassidy proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Please join us on Wednesday, Sept. 27 for a Virtual Advocacy Day as we urge the Senate to reject the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act.