Biden sets up health costs as campaign talking point
Biden said Friday that since the law was implemented in early 2022, 1 million Americans are protected from surprise bills each month.
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CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan
Despite the availability of these cures, commercial data showed only 1 in 6 uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C has been cured, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Report published Thursday examining
Advocates, Biden mark anniversary of gun law, look to future
The legislation provides $1 billion to increase training for school-based social workers, therapists and other mental health professionals and sets aside another $1 billion for school security, Cardona
Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, predicted the deal will mean flat funding or a roughly 1 percent cut across the board in fiscal 2024 for the CDC.
Debt limit deal appears close as negotiators keep working
While the deadline shift from June 1 to June 5 doesn’t change negotiators’ urgency, it could help them get a bill through both chambers of Congress before the "x date."
Parties moving closer on debt ceiling deal as talks drag on
But spending would grow just 1 percent the following year, in line with the GOP bill. Talks remained fluid as negotiators worked into the night Thursday.
Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive
Medicare pays a 1 percent bonus on the theoretical cost of care for critical access hospitals. Greenwood is under the distance threshold for critical access designation.
Contours of debt limit deal start to take shape
Yellen said could hit as early as June 1, negotiators are attempting to reach a framework for a deal by Sunday, when President Joe Biden returns from a trip to the G-7 summit in Japan.
Tighter TANF requirements may be ripe for debt limit accord
The number of families receiving benefits dropped by over 50 percent during that time, however, from around 2.1 million to less than 1 million, according to Department of Health and Human Services data
Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work
Lawmakers are signaling they could adjust those plans to ensure they pass a bill reflecting a potential deal before June 1, when Treasury Secretary Janet L.
Parties scramble for deal on debt limit, budget
the pressure on, reiterating in a letter to lawmakers Monday that the government could run out of cash and "extraordinary measures" used to stay under the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling as soon as June 1.
White House meeting delayed amid staff talks on budget, debt
"If these were staff meetings happening on Feb. 1, I’d call them productive," he said.
Debt standoff is fodder for ads targeting vulnerable House members
A non-profit group affiliated with House Democrats launched a $1 million digital, research and messaging campaign that admonishes Republicans for pressing for sharp cuts to government programs and risking
Biden district Republicans hold their fire on debt ceiling bill
"You’re talking about Manchin’s spending proposal, pre-pandemic spending levels, and then capping it at 1 percent over the next 10 years," he said, referring to centrist Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va.
Debt limit bill in hand, McCarthy eyes vote next week
The measure would also cap spending for the remainder of the decade, allowing for 1 percent annual growth; appropriations wouldn’t return to the $1.6 trillion fiscal 2023 enacted level for a decade under
McCarthy to Biden on debt limit: ‘You are on the clock’
A proposal to set fiscal 2024 discretionary spending at the fiscal 2022 level of roughly $1.5 trillion and limit annual increases to 1 percent growth over the rest of the decade would generate nearly $3
Insurers, Republicans square off with Biden on Medicare ‘cuts’
As part of its annual payment updates to Medicare Advantage plans, CMS proposed earlier this month a 1 percent increase for 2024 — a smaller increase than proposed in past years that is being framed as
Policy · 118th Congress
Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech
“There are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type 1 diabetes who need insulin to stay alive,” Biden said to applause from Democrats and a few
Congress · 118th Congress
End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes
Those authorities run through Oct. 1, 2024, but because pharmacists operate largely under state laws, the intersection of federal and state policies will be unclear once the emergency expires in
White House · 118th Congress
White House budget set for early March delivery
And the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package didn’t clear until Dec. 23, giving the administration less time to assess agencies’ needs for the new fiscal year starting Oct. 1 and provide