Congress · 119th Congress
Florida officials, lawmakers probe stalled Medicaid application
↵↵Beginning Jan. 1, 2028, those payments will be reduced by 10 percent each year until they reach the rates stipulated in the reconciliation law.
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Congress · 119th Congress
States eager for final decisions on $50B health care fund
↵↵The wide-ranging law reduces health spending by about $1 trillion over a decade, primarily from changes and cutbacks to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges.
Trump’s approach to lowering drug costs is raising questions
The list of 2027 Medicare price negotiations includes popular GLP-1 medications used to treat obesity and diabetes.
Lawmakers’ health care, government shutdown claims
With the two sides at a stalemate — and each side needing several votes from the other party to pass any measure — the government shut down on Oct. 1 75 percent increase Democrats have repeatedly claimed
Doctors cancel telehealth appointments as Medicare coverage lapses
Those not well-steeped in the latest from Washington saw that telehealth coverage expired on Oct. 1 and have stopped offering those services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Shutdown to extend into next week as Trump readies budget knife
The Senate will get another opportunity to vote Friday at 1:30 p.m., but there were no signs of a bipartisan breakthrough yet.
Shutdown pain may not be evenly spread as OMB readies hatchet
While federal workers made up about 1 percent of Kansas’ adult workforce, that figure jumps to around 4 percent in blue-state bastions Maryland and Hawaii.
White House ramps up pressure on Democrats’ shutdown strategy
Still, that may not be enough to avoid a shutdown starting Oct. 1, given demands from Democrats’ left-leaning base to stand up to Trump no matter the cost.
Trump-Democrats meeting drama fuels risk of shutdown
Shutdown countdown Scratching the meeting increases the likelihood that a partial shutdown will be triggered when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.
White House tells agencies to prep mass layoffs for shutdown
President Donald Trump’s budget office plans to advise federal program managers to fire employees whose paychecks are financed by annual appropriations if a partial government shutdown begins Oct. 1, rather
Oz offers recourse if Congress can’t quickly resolve subsidies
If Congress extends the credits after the Nov. 1 start of open enrollment, the administration could offer consumers a special enrollment period to sign up for health insurance coverage on the marketplace
Mary Rose Oakar, the first Arab American woman in Congress, dies at 85
She also introduced an ultimately successful bill to create the $1 coin featuring pioneering suffragist Susan B. Anthony.Â
GOP leaders try to quell stopgap concerns as House vote nears
It would also repeal health care-related changes made by Republicans’ "big, beautiful" reconciliation law, including around $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other programs over a decade.
Debate over Democratic Party’s future plays out in New England primaries
But Lynch ended June with more than $1 million in his campaign account, more than four times his challenger’s stash. Lynch grew up in public housing in Boston and has strong ties to organized labor.
Major insurers pledge to improve preauthorization
Insurers would also reduce the number of services subject to prior authorization requirements by Jan. 1, 2026, and ensure continuity for patients who are changing insurance plans.
Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance
And so it was last month with House passage, by a vote of 215-214, of HR 1, "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act," with all the usual self-congratulatory huzzahs without a hint of awareness of the historical
Senate Republicans now face four big challengesÂ
Republicans, fiscal hawks or supply siders, need to get their collective arms around four key challenges that have created a difficult policy and political environment. 1.
Rare Disease Patients Await Congressional Action on Life-Saving Treatments
It would cost less than 1% of projected savings from the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program to enact ORPHAN Cures.
Most controversial Medicaid cuts left out of reconciliation text
The package also includes a measure that would end federal funds going to facilities or organizations that provide abortion services, like Planned Parenthood, that also received more than $1 million in
Hawley’s change of heart reflects evolving politics of Medicaid
Mike Kehoe, a Republican, told Hawley any "significant" changes to the federal match rate could blow a $1 billion dollar hole in the state’s budget.Â