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Congress approves S 2082, which would continue a number of existing health programs at the Department of Veterans' Affairs, several of which have an impact on funding and services at non-VA facilities.
The Senate approves S 599, which extends the current Medicaid emergency psychiatric demonstration project. The bill allows Medicaid to continue testing the effectiveness of allowing Medicaid matching funds to states for emergency psychiatric treatment otherwise prohibited by the so-called Medicaid Institutional Mental Disease exclusion.
The Senate and House are scheduled to vote – and likely approve -- a continuing resolution to keep the government going through Dec. 11. As with most CRs, the FY 2016 version puts restrictions on the ability of agencies to develop programs or even fund activities that were not supported in FY 201
The Congressional Budget Office issues an analysis of HR 2061, which would expand the religious conscience exemption for people to meet the Affordable Care Act requirement that most people in the United States must obtain health insurance coverage or pay a penalty for failing to do so.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will consider a reconciliation proposal that would repeal provisions in the ACA requiring employers with 200 or more full-time employees to automatically enroll new full-time employees into employer-sponsored health care coverage if the employee fails to choose another employer plan or declines coverage.
With the advent of Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) announced plan to resign from Congress at the end of October, avoiding a government shutdown now appears to largely depend on approximately 50 House Republicans.
Several leaders of advocacy groups representing those with special needs testified before the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee on the need to make the Medicaid program more efficient for this population.
While debate over the Iran nuclear deal takes center stage, the House returns from its August recess and approves several health-related bills that include authority for discretionary grants. The real question will be how much money will actually end up being appropriated for these programs....
Efforts continue in Congress to make it easier for providers outside of the Department of Veterans' Affairs to offer services to veterans.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approves various healthcare-related measures ...
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