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CBO Unveils Revised Analysis of AHCA On May 24, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) released its estimate of the economic and coverage impact of the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), the House-passed bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). While CBO stressed the uncertainty of its estimate given the need to... READ MORE

Senate Finance Committee Advances Telemedicine Bill On May 18, the Senate Finance Committee passed the bipartisan CHRONIC Care Act (S. 870), which contains a number of telemedicine-related provisions. The measure allows Medicare to pay for remote stroke diagnosis and treatment, ACOs to provide telemedicine and Medicare Advantage plans to offer telemedicine as a supplemental... READ MORE

Senate Begins Work on AHCA Senate Republicans began working on the House-passed American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) this week. Several expected changes to the measure include increasing funding for rural hospitals that lose subsidies under Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) repeal, providing a larger share of tax credits to lower income consumers nearing Medicare age... READ MORE

AHCA Passes the House On May 4, the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 217 to 213. The bill now moves to the Senate where lawmakers have already indicated that they intend to write their own bill instead of taking up what passed in the House.... READ MORE

House Delays AHCA Vote On April 27, House leadership delayed a vote on the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) until at least next week. As of last night, at least 15 House Republicans remain opposed with another 20 undecided. Without Democratic support, House Republicans can only lose 22 votes. Earlier in the week, a... READ MORE

AHCA Negotiations Continue Ahead of Lawmakers’ Return to Washington In an effort to produce a victory on health care in President Trump’s first 100 days in office, House Republicans renewed discussions this week on the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), the bill designed to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).... READ MORE

Congress Remains Divided on ACA Repeal Bill Although Republican leadership in the House raised the prospect of lawmakers returning early from the current two-week Easter recess to pass the American Health Care Act, it appears Congress will remain out of session until the week of April 24. And, once the House is back in... READ MORE

AHCA Remains Stalled in House In an effort to breathe life into the stalled American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), Trump administration officials, members of the House Freedom Caucus and House Republican leadership spent the week discussing fixes to the AHCA. The discussions focused largely on allowing states to decide if they want to continue... READ MORE

Congressional Republicans Plan Next Steps for Health Reform After a weekend of reflection over the last minute decision not to vote on the American Health Care Act, House Republicans reconvened in Washington this week seeking a way forward on the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Despite renewed discussions, Republican conservatives... READ MORE

American Health Care Act Pulled Just Before House Vote Despite a last minute lobbying effort by President Trump, the Republican leadership in the House pulled the American Health Care Act (“AHCA”) off the floor minutes before a vote was scheduled to take place when it became evident there weren’t enough votes for it to... READ MORE