Congress · 117th Congress
Home health groups fight back against proposed cuts
Lawmakers have already introduced legislation that would block CMS from making the cuts through 2026 despite the recommendation from MedPAC.
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Congress · 117th Congress
After four-hour debate, Senate begins voting on budget bill amendments
Under the package, patients wouldn’t see prices that Medicare negotiates directly with drugmakers until 2026, and they would only involve 10 high-cost drugs.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senators seek to clear procedural hurdles on unfinished business
grants over five years for semiconductor manufacturing and research, along with 5G wireless deployment; a tax credit covering 25 percent of spending on new semiconductor manufacturing plants through 2026
Congress · 117th Congress
Social Security fixes could animate post-midterms agenda
Medicare is probably more costly in the long run and has an even earlier trust fund exhaustion date, in 2026.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lobbyists, advocates seek to revise budget bill’s drug price changes
Under the House bill, the Department of Health and Human Services would negotiate prices for insulin and up to 10 drugs without generic competition in 2025, 15 drugs in 2026 and 2027, and 20 drugs afterward
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats closer to deal on budget reconciliation package
with party leaders on a potential five-year suspension of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions, though that break would be paid for by extending the current law cap five years beyond its 2026
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin not ready to back $1.75T budget package
Manchin has expressed concern about any Medicare expansion, saying its costs shouldn’t be increased at a time when the program’s hospital insurance trust fund is slated to become insolvent by 2026
Congress · 117th Congress
Economy, Fed paper over debt problem
Medicare’s financial problems start to pinch in 2026, when hospital payments would need to be trimmed 9 percent, according to government actuaries.
Congress · 117th Congress
Democrats hope to expand housing vouchers on infrastructure bill
Waters’ draft bill would increase the number of vouchers incrementally for five years and then guarantee subsidies for all who qualify starting in 2026.
Policy · 117th Congress
Medicare cost crunch raises questions in telehealth debate
Medicare’s trust fund, which pays for inpatient hospital care, is expected to start running dry in 2026, according to the 2020 annual trustees’ report.
Policy · 116th Congress
Coronavirus economy drains Social Security, Medicare coffers
And Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund would run out of money by 2026, at which point it would be able to cover only 90 percent of incurred costs.
Congress · 116th Congress
No change in Social Security, Medicare finances, for now
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will run out of money in 2026, the same as was projected last year, according to the new report.
Congress · 116th Congress
GOP conservatives sharpen knives for spending fight
Likewise, Medicare trustees said their Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be depleted by 2026 when it will be able to cover just 89 percent of its obligations, a figure that is projected to drop to 77
Politics · 115th Congress
What’s That Sound? The Monster in the Budget
National health spending is projected to increase by an average of 5.4 percent each year from now through 2020, and 6.1 percent in 2026, the last year for which projections are available.
Politics · 115th Congress
Record Debt Pile by 2029 if Tax Cuts, Budget Deal Extended, CBO Says
House Republicans are planning to push legislation later this year to extend the individual income tax cuts beyond 2026, though the Senate has thus far taken a dim view of the proposals.
Policy · 115th Congress
CBO: US Debt Burden Set to Break Record in Early 2030s
Under current law, revenue is projected to be relatively flat over the next few years in relation to GDP, rise slowly and then jump in 2026 after certain tax cuts expire.
Politics · 115th Congress
Medicare Finances Worsen but Social Security Projections Stable
But a separate report for Medicare paints a somewhat bleaker outlook for the giant health program for seniors and people with disabilities, estimating that its hospital trust fund will dry up in 2026 —
An Old Saw’s New Twist: Death (of the Deficit Hawks) and Taxes
lot of this is a gimmick” in pointing to the bill’s expiration dates for some of the lower rates, which were written to hold down the short-term cost but will prove politically tough to stick with come 2026
Politics · 115th Congress
Former GOP Senator Warns ‘No Do-Overs’ on Health Care
The former senator published his piece on the heels of a Congressional Budget Office report released last week that concluded 32 million more Americans would be without health insurance in 2026 under
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The New Senate Health Care Bill — A Little Bit Louder and a Little Bit Worse
According to the CBO’s analysis last month of the initial Senate bill, the cutbacks in Medicaid subsidies beginning in 2020 would lead to 15 million fewer Americans being enrolled in the program in 2026