The House is on recess this week, after Speaker Kevin McCarthy successfully passed The Limit, Save Grow Act, the House Republicans’ plan to raise the debt limit through May of 2024 while also cutting discretionary federal spending by approximately 22% down to FY 2022 levels (text/summary/section by section), rescinding unspent COVID-19 funds, and imposing controversial policies such as requiring Medicaid... Read More
Impact Health - Chart: PBM Legislation Under Consideration
Given the recent attention on pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) in the House and Senate, WHG has developed the following chart that examines current PBM legislation under consideration. Additional details on each policy area can be found in the attached chart. Bill Transparency Requirements Banning Spread Pricing Rebate Passthrough Improved Beneficiary Out-of-Pocket Costs PBM Reimbursement S____, The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, April 24, 2023
This week House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be working to pass The Limit, Save Grow Act, the House Republicans’ plan that raises the debt limit through May of 2024 while also cutting discretionary federal spending by approximately 22% down to FY 2022 levels (text/summary/section by section), rescinding unspent COVID-19 funds, and imposing controversial policies such as requiring Medicaid recipients to... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, April 17, 2023
Congress returns this week after a two-week spring recess. House leadership will be starting the week in New York City with Speaker McCarthy giving a speech at the New York Stock Exchange this morning where he will likely begin to outline the House Republican’s loosely forming debt ceiling package. The House Judiciary Committee will also be in New York City... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, April 10, 2023
Congress is out on spring recess and returns next week to resume work on various health care and public health policy priorities. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee plans to mark-up drug pricing legislation on April 19 focused on pharmacy benefit managers and generic drugs, though the markup has not yet been officially scheduled. The package is... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, April 3, 2023
After a very busy March, Congress is now out on a two week spring recess. Over the last two weeks, HHS Secretary Becerra testified before five separate Congressional Committees selling the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal. He highlighted priorities including: increases to enhance Medicare benefits, Medicaid and CHIP investments to support equity and sustainability, investments in pandemic preparedness,... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 27, 2023
The House and Senate are both in session this week finishing out a busy March before heading into a two-week spring recess period. If Republicans manage to coalesce the votes, the House will bring up H.R. 1, the “Lower Energy Costs Act”, a package of reforms to increase domestic energy capacity and reduce associated regulatory and permitting barriers. The 175-page... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 20, 2023
The House Republicans are having their retreat in Orlando early this week and aren’t scheduled to come back into session until noon on Wednesday. Once back, the House will be taking up H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act. This bill establishes rights of parents and guardians regarding the elementary or secondary school education of their children and, among... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, March 6, 2023
The House and Senate are both in session this week and the President’s fiscal year 2024 will be released on Thursday. The Senate is expected to vote on a GOP-led resolution to block D.C. from implementing its revised criminal code. The House passed the measure last month and President Biden has agreed to sign it, much to the consternation of... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 27, 2023
Congress is back from recess this week. House committees plan to convene to discuss the federal response to COVID-19 and the creation of a national federal data privacy standard. As for floor activity, the House plans to vote on several bipartisan bills relating to communications infrastructure and cybersecurity and a bipartisan resolution responding to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, February 13, 2023
This week the House starts a two-week district work period while the Senate is in session one more week before the President’s Day recess. After a slow start to the year, the Senate will hold several policy focused hearings this week, including: The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on Thursday to examine healthcare... Read More
Impact Health - WHG Health Policy Guide to the 118th Congress
Over a month into the 118th Congress, both the House and Senate have finally finished organizing themselves and have agreed on Committee membership, though some of the Senate Subcommittee assignments are yet to be named. With the Republicans taking control of the House, and new leadership on the top of both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate... Read More
Impact Health - Tracker: COVID-19 PHE Flexibilities
Wynne Health Group (WHG) has compiled a series of charts that delineate a comprehensive set of emergency waivers and flexibilities permitted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Under current PHE conditions, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is authorized under section 1135 of the Social Security Act to waive a range of Medicare and Medicaid requirements... Read More
Impact Health - WHG Weekly (1/30-2/3)
Both sides of the Capitol are in session this week as attention remains focused on how to address the looming debt ceiling. President Biden hosted Democratic leaders at the White House last week and is expected to meet with Speaker of the House, Republican Kevin McCarthy, on Wednesday. Democrats largely remain unified that they will not negotiate on the debt... Read More
Impact Health - 2023 Year-Ahead Outlook
Congress ended last year having accomplished a sizable amount of policymaking on health. In addition to the several bipartisan provisions included in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus, lawmakers also passed bipartisan legislation on mental health and gun reform, and congressional Democrats were successful in advancing substantial drug pricing reforms and coverage expansions via the Inflation Reduction Act. Following a... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 17, 2023
With Congress in recess this week, we turn our attention to the Biden-Harris Administration, and specifically the recently updated unified agenda. The Administration is planning to engage in multiple rulemaking efforts to advance its health-related priorities. For example, we expect to see more from the Administration this year on its plans for implementing the drug pricing provisions included in the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, January 9, 2023
Today, the House will vote on the rules package, a set of guidelines that will determine how the Republican-controlled House will operate. In order to secure the Speakership, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made a number of concessions to conservatives. The deal included a provision to freeze spending at FY 2022 levels. The House will also vote on slate of... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly: January 3, 2023
The 118th Congress marks a significant shift in the political landscape – a Republican-controlled House, albeit a slim majority, and a Democratic majority in the Senate. Their appetite for bipartisanship is unclear. We anticipate the bulk of policymaking will take place in the regulatory arena. We continue to monitor the release of the Biden Administration’s updated regulatory agenda. Today, the... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 12, 2022
Though Democrats and Republicans have not reached a deal on the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations package, “Chairman Leahy feels that sufficient progress in negotiations took place over the weekend to delay the introduction of the omnibus appropriations bill for the time being,” according to a statement from Leahy’s office. Still, we anticipate lawmakers will need to pass another continuing resolution... Read More
Impact Health - Weekly, December 5
This week, negotiations over the end-of-year spending package continue as we inch closer to the current Continuing Resolution expiring on December 16. Below, we provide a status update on FY 2023 appropriations and potential policy provisions that could be attached to the year-end package. Meanwhile, the House will vote on a slate of bills this week, including several Senate-passed bills... Read More
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