The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s requirements with respect to coronavirus as economies reopen in states throughout the country. Throughout the course of the pandemic, understanding about the transmission and prevention of infection has improved. The government and the private sector have taken […]
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ICYMI – Plans to Repeal the Affordable Care Act Fail in US Senate
Three separate Republican proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed to pass last week in the Senate. First, the most recent version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (repeal & replace) was voted down on Tuesday, July 25 by a vote of 43-57. This bill included the Cruz amendment which would have permitted the […]
American Health Care Act update
Yesterday, the House Rules Committee voted along party lines to amend the American Health Care Act. The amendment would create a $15 billion program to help HHS, in coordination with states, establish federal high risk insurance pools. The fund would subsidize the cost of health insurance coverage for people with serious and expensive preexisting medical […]
House GOP Introduces Affordable Care Act Repeal
On Monday, 3/6 House Republicans introduced a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Some of the changes to the existing healthcare law would include: Rolling back the expansion of Medicaid and starting in 2020, capping federal funding per enrollee, based on how much each state was spending in fiscal year 2016. Removing the mandate that […]
Status of President Trump’s Cabinet-level Nominees
Welcome to our first Federal Affairs Issue Network. The following is a status update on President Trump’s Cabinet-level nominees. If you would like to continue to receive our Federal Affairs Issue Network updates please click here to register. Nominee Cabinet position Former position Status Jeff Sessions Attorney General U.S. Senator – Alabama Pending Scott […]