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protected content Social Security and Medicare Trustees Again Sound Program Funding Warnings

The Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees on Monday (April 23) released their annual trust fund reports on the fiscal health of… More

protected content House Approves Ryan Budget Proposal; Sets Up Showdown with Senate

The full House on March 29 approved the budget proposal released the previous week by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan… More

protected content House Approves IPAB Repeal with Medical Malpractice Provision

The full House on March 22 approved on a mostly party-line vote of 223-181 legislation (H.R. 5) to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory… More

protected content House Budget Chairman Ryan Releases Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) this morning released a $3.5 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, dubbed… More

protected content House Committees Approve Legislation to Repeal Medicare Independent Payment Board

The House is taking aim at repealing another section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as two committees recently approved legislation to… More

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Policy Briefs

Overview of the Final Health Care Reform Law

The House and Senate on March 25 approved the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872), the sidecar reconciliation bill that… More

ERIC and Over 400 Organizations Express Opposition to House Health Care Reform Bill

ERIC and over 400 other companies and organizations on November 4 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John… More

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Letters to Congress

Massachusetts Election Complicates Efforts on Health Reform

While President Obama and Congressional Democratic leaders have been holding marathon meetings over the last couple of weeks in an effort to… More

ERIC and Over 400 Organizations Express Opposition to House Health Care Reform Bill

ERIC and over 400 other companies and organizations on November 4 wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Leader John… More

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Legislative Documents

protected content House Approves IPAB Repeal with Medical Malpractice Provision

The full House on March 22 approved on a mostly party-line vote of 223-181 legislation (H.R. 5) to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory… More

protected content House Committees Approve Legislation to Repeal Medicare Independent Payment Board

The House is taking aim at repealing another section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as two committees recently approved legislation to… More

protected content Payroll Tax Extension, Physician Pay Fix Does Not Include PBGC Premium Proposal

Legislation signed into law last week by President Obama extends the “temporary” payroll tax cut through the end of 2012,… More

protected content Payroll Tax Cut and Medicare Doc Fix Extended for Two Months

On December 23, Congress approved and President Obama signed in to law legislation that extends for two months the two percent Social… More

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Senators Propose to Increase Medicare Eligibility Age, Increase Cost-Sharing

Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) recently released a Medicare-reform proposal that seeks to save $600 billion over 10… More

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House Budget Proposal Seeks to Reduce Budget Deficits, Cut Spending, and Reform Entitlements

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on April 5 released a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint for fiscal year 2012 that seeks to cut… More

Key Health Care Reform Legislative Documents (H.R. 3590 and H.R. 4872)

The House and Senate on March 25, 2010, approved the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4872), the "sidecar" reconciliation… More

President Obama Signs Senate Health Reform Bill Into Law

Earlier today (March 23) President Obama signed into law the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," HR 3590. This bill is the… More

House to Take Up Senate Health Reform Bill, Along with Sidecar Bill

On March 18, Congressional Democrats released the legislative language of HR 4872, the Healthcare and Education Affordability Act of 2010.… More

House and Senate to Skip Formal Conference to Merge Health Reform Bills

State of Play: Congress started the final run on the road toward enactment of healthcare reform legislation. To date, the House passed a… More

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State of Play on Healthcare Reform:  the New Senate Bill

This past Saturday the Senate officially voted to proceed to consider HR 3590, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." This vote… More

Text and Summaries of Merged Senate Health Care Reform Legislation

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on November 18 unveiled H.R. 3590, the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," which is the… More

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Regulatory Documents

CMS Issues Final Rule on Use of Medicare Claims Data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 5 released a final regulation on the use of Medicare claims data to… More

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Agencies Release Three Proposed PPACA Regulations on Exchange Standards, Health Premium Tax Credit, and Eligibility Determinations

The Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services on August 12 released three proposed rules as part of a joint effort to coordinate… More

CMS Releases Proposed Regulation on Accountable Care Organizations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on March 31 released its long-awaited proposed rule on Accountable Care Organizations… More

Labor Department’s Spring Regulatory Agenda Features Key Employee Benefit Issues

The Department of Labor's recently released its spring regulatory agenda, which lists guidance projects covering a wide variety of… More

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Government Reports

protected content Social Security and Medicare Trustees Again Sound Program Funding Warnings

The Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees on Monday (April 23) released their annual trust fund reports on the fiscal health of… More

protected content President Obama Releases Fiscal-Year 2013 Budget Proposal

President Obama on February 13 unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to continue with the economic… More

CBO Finds Mixed Results on Medicare Demonstration Projects on Disease Management, Care Coordination, and Value-Based Payment

A recent issue brief by the Congressional Budget Office that reviews the outcomes of 10 major demonstration projects on disease management… More

CBO Analyzes Budget Effects of Raising Social Security and Medicare Ages

By gradually increasing the Medicare eligibility age and the early eligibility and full retirement ages under Social Security, the… More

protected content CMS Announces Premiums and Physician Fee Schedule for 2012

TheCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2012 Medicare premiums, deductibles and other cost-sharing… More

Deficit Reduction Commission Fails to Reach Supermajority, but Proposals Are Not Going Away

The Deficit Reduction Commission, aka "The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform," on December 3 held its final meeting to… More

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