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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.

Congress · 118th Congress

CBO: Debt limit to hit as soon as July, budget picture worsens

That compares to already slowing growth in 2022, when the economy expanded by an inflation-adjusted 1 percent, down sharply from the previous year coming out of the pandemic-induced downturn.

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

Parties dig in for protracted fight over debt ceiling

the National Action Network’s Annual MLK Day Breakfast he mocked Republicans for talking about “big-spendin’ Democrats” when the deficit dropped by roughly $350 billion in fiscal 2021 and more than $1

Policy · 117th Congress

Older adults face Medicare hurdles for substance use treatment

At least 2 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 65 or older — about 1 million people — had a past-year alcohol or drug use disorder between 2015 and 2019, according to a study published in the American

Policy · 117th Congress

Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV

Just 1 percent of all hospitals receive funding from the program, but they train roughly half of all pediatric residents and fellows, according to data from the Children’s Hospital Association.

Policy · 117th Congress

Deficit cut in half last year, but more red ink lurks

For the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, the White House in August projected a deficit in the $1.3 trillion to $1.4 trillion range, depending on what policies are enacted.

Policy · 117th Congress

As hepatitis C proliferates, states lift barriers to treatment

Alabama removes requirement Alabama removed its sobriety requirement to qualify for the antiviral drugs as of Oct. 1, four months after advocates issued a complaint to the Justice Department’s civil

Congress · 117th Congress

Doctors lobby Congress for Medicare payment bump, again

Doctors are again ramping up what has become a perennial lobbying campaign to urge Congress to increase Medicare payments in order to offset cuts scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1

Policy · 117th Congress

National 988 crisis hotline readied for rollout

Delphin-Rittmon, assistant Health and Human Services secretary for mental health and substance use, said funding from the 2021 COVID-19 relief law allowed the lifeline, still at 1-800-273-TALK, to answer

Congress · 117th Congress

Reconciliation talks complicated by ‘SALT’ tax hurdle

Their negotiations have focused on a package that would raise roughly $1 trillion in revenue, with half to offset spending initiatives on climate and potentially health care and the other half for deficit

Policy · 117th Congress

Unexplained tax revenue growth vexes budget scorekeepers 

Back out the last two years of that budget window when major pieces of the tax law are set to expire, and total revenue is still on pace to come in $1 trillion higher than the June 2017 forecast