Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) indicated plans to begin moving the chamber’s budget reconciliation resolution as soon as Wednesday, with a vote-a-rama expected to start on Thursday. The resolution is likely to represent a compromise between the House and Senate versions, and includes a minimum of $3 billion in spending cuts for the Senate Committees and... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 24, 2025
Congress returns this week with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) setting the expeditious goal of finalizing the Republicans’ budget resolution before recessing again in three weeks. However, large differences remain between the House and Senate versions. The House resolution includes a minimum of $1.5 trillion in spending cuts and $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, while the Senate version includes $325 billion... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 17, 2025
Over the weekend, President Trump signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2025 (H.R. 1968), which provides government funding through September 30, 2025, and includes a package of health care extenders. The House and Senate are in recess this week, but when Congress resumes on March 24, it will return its attention to advancing the budget reconciliation package and confirming... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 10, 2025
The House recesses on Wednesday and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will attempt to pass a stop-gap funding measure along party lines on Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown and fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. If passed by the House, the pressure will then be on the Senate, which will require support from several Democrats to... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 3, 2025
Tomorrow night, President Trump will make his first joint Congressional address in response to a letter from Speaker Mike Johson inviting the President to share his America First vision for Congress’s legislative future. The President is also expected to announce an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods and whether the Administration will move forward with the previously planned 25... Read More
Impact Health - Insights for Impact: Federal Nutrition Programs
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers a variety of crucial federal nutrition programs, which include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Child nutrition programs (i.e. National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program), and food distribution programs, among others. These programs serve about one quarter of Americans, and federal spending on nutrition... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 24, 2025
The House and Senate are both in session this week as the House attempts to move forward on passing their FY 2025 budget resolution and the Senate continues working on moving President Trump’s nominees. Nominations: This week the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a markup to consider the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 18, 2025
The House is in recess this week as the Senate continues to work on confirming President Trump’s cabinets nominees and potentially takes the next step towards moving a reconciliation package. Nominations: This week the Senate is poised to confirm Kash Patel as FBI Director and Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce. Meanwhile the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 10, 2025
The House and Senate are both in session for a busy week as the Senate starts work on a budget resolution and RFK’s nomination to be Secretary of HHS is expected to come to the Senate floor for a vote. Budget Resolution: On Wednesday and Thursday the Senate Budget Committee will meet mark up the Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution. ... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 2, 2025
The House and Senate are both in session this week as the Senate works to continue confirming President Trump’s cabinet nominees. The Senate is expected to vote to confirm five nominees throughout the week including: Chris Wright as Secretary of the Department of Energy; Pam Bondi as Attorney General; Doug Collins as Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Eric Turner as Secretary... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 27, 2025
The House is in recess this week as the House Republicans hold their annual caucus policy retreat at President Trump’s Doral golf club in Miami. President Trump is expected to speak to the group this evening and Vice President Vance will appear tomorrow as the caucus attempts to finalize the blueprint for their reconciliation bill. They are under a strict... Read More
Impact Health - Overview of President Trump’s Day One Executive Orders
President Donald Trump began his presidency with a slew of executive orders (EOs), reversing many Biden-era directives and setting administrative priorities. The EOs cover a range of issues including health care; immigration; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA); climate change; and federal governance; among others. Preview In our note, we highlight key EOs likely to affect health policy. The EOs... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 21, 2025
Donald J. Trump was inaugurated yesterday as the 47th President of the United States and wasted no time issuing a plethora of Executive Orders focused on immigration, energy and government reform policies, and rescinding most of President Biden’s policies and orders. Among the most high-profile actions include: Declaring a national emergency to deploy the military to the border and putting... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 13, 2025
The House and Senate are both in session this week leading up to Inauguration Day next Monday. The Senate is set to begin nomination hearings for many of President-elect Trump’s nominees. 13 of Mr. Trump’s nominees will appear before the Senate Committees this week, starting with Department of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 6, 2025
Happy New Year! Welcome back to a new year and a new Congress! This afternoon a Joint Session of Congress will convene for the counting of the electoral ballots to certify the election of Donald Trump as the next President. On Tuesday, former President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Washington to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol until Thursday morning... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 16, 2024
Congress is in session this week finalizing details to an end of the year package before the current Continuing Resolution expires on Friday at midnight. The Senate will also be voting on the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday. Text of the end of the year package has not yet been released as leaders are still ironing out details on... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 9, 2024
Congress is in session this week as the mad dash towards the end of the year continues. Last week a lame duck health care package emerged as the Republicans presented an opening proposal to begin negotiations. The Democrats countered, and a package is taking shape that will likely include expiring telehealth provisions; funding for community health centers and the public... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 2, 2024
Welcome back! We hope everyone enjoyed a restful and happy Thanksgiving! Congress is scheduled to return this week with a long list of “to-dos” in a frantic three-week session. As we have been discussing there are several issues that Congress must deal with over the next few weeks before recessing for the holidays and the end of the year. First... Read More
Impact Health - Medicaid Risks & Opportunities in the Incoming Administration + Policy Pathways for Enacting Them
Medicaid is a top policy area in which we could see changes during the incoming Administration and Congress. Linked here, please find a set of tables outlining potential threats to Medicaid, a handful of opportunities, and the policy processes through which Congress or the Administration could pursue such changes. As an overview, Medicaid currently provides health coverage to more than 72 million Americans. Medicaid policy... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, November 18, 2024
Congress is in session this week before recessing at the end of the week for the Thanksgiving holiday. The House is scheduled to vote on a number of suspension bills on Monday while the Senate will be occupied with confirmations. We expect the Administration to finally send up an official disaster aid request to refill the coffers of the Small... Read More
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