Melissa Schulman, senior vice president for government and public affairs at CVS Health, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' notice entitled “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals”. CVS Health is the nation's premier health innovation company…
“This bipartisan action by Congress ensures the National Flood Insurance Program will not lapse. A nine-month extension also gives Congress time to work towards a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP, “added Gentile.” In addition, by repealing the Cadillac Tax, Congress has removed a disastrous threat to the employer-sponsored health market from a…
Jane Galvin, managing director for regulatory affairs at the BlueCross BlueShield Association, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' notice entitled “Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals”. The comment was written and posted on Dec. 17, 2019:. The BlueCross BlueShield…
David Cicilline, D- Rhode Island, chairman of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Matt Cartwright, D- Pennsylvania, Debbie Dingell, D- Michigan, and Ted Lieu, D- California, after a lawsuit supported by President Trump and Republicans resulted in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a…
Kevin Brady, R- Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Greg Walden, R- Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Virginia Foxx, R- North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Education and Labor Committee, after the Fifth Circuit Court of…
The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following statement by President and CEO Jay Timmons after the House passed government funding legislation that includes a long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank and repeals the medical device tax, health insurance tax and Cadillac tax:. Securing a long-term reauthorization of the…
Richard E. Neal, D- Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release:. Top Democrats overseeing Social Security policy in the House and Senate called on the Social Security Administration to extend the comment period on a rule that would increase the frequency of so-called continuing disability reviews, a process…
The Autism Society of America issued the following news release:. On December 18, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 2-1 that part of the Affordable Care Act– requiring people to buy health insurance or pay a penalty– is unconstitutional now that Congress has eliminated the tax penalty that was intended to enforce it.
The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism issued the following joint statement:. In response to the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. U.S. to strike down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and return the case to a lower court for further review, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, director of the Religious Action…
The Arc of the United States issued the following news release:. United States jeopardizing the health care of millions of people with disabilities. In a disappointing decision, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared part of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
Greg Walden, R- Oregon, ranking Republican member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release:. Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., and Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray expanded a bipartisan investigation…
Ohio House Democrats issued the following information on behalf of Ohio State Reps. Jeff Crossman, D- Parma, and Randi Clites, D-Ravenn:. Jeff Crossman and Randi Clites called on Statehouse leaders to protect Ohioans' healthcare by advancing the bipartisan Pre-Existing Protection Act, House Bill 390.
-Initiative Will Serve Youth Living in Under-Resourced Neighborhoods in Chicago. Ann& Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is one of only eight recipients in the United States to receive up to $16 million, seven-year award from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop Integrated Care for Kids- a new model of care that will aim…
-Communities in Chemical Danger Zones Fight Back Against EPA' s Latest Attack on Public Health. A coalition of thirteen organizations represented by Earthjustice sued the Trump administration for the unlawful gutting of the Chemical Disaster Rule, a suite of disaster prevention measures developed by the Environmental Protection Agency in the wake of…
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies' Division of Insurance issued the following statement by Commissioner Michael Conway on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on the Affordable Care Act case Texas vs. “Because the appellate court did not strike down the ACA, everything today is the same as it was yesterday, and it will be the same tomorrow.
The American College of Physicians issued the following statement by President Robert McLean:. The American College of Physicians is greatly concerned that the decision of a federal appeals court that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional could place health care for millions at risk, should the courts rule that the coverage…
Chip Roy, R- Texas, issued the following statement regarding the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Obamacare's individual mandate:. “Today, Judge Reed O'Connor's correct analysis- that a zeroed-out fake Obamacare” tax “renders it a mandate- was upheld by the 5th Circuit. “Now, we are on notice in Congress that the law is likely to fall.
JDRF, a charitable 501 (c) organization dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following statement by Chief Mission Officer Cynthia Rice regarding the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision on the Affordable Care Act:. “Protections for people with pre-existing conditions are critical for the type 1 diabetes community, and are a top priority…
OP-1688 “;” Notice No. 2019- N-7 “;” Release No. 34-87714 “;” FR-6172-N-01 “. Agency: ” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Federal Housing Finance Agency; and Department of Housing and Urban Development.” Office of the Comptroller…
