McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 21 May 2018
On May 17, the Energy and Commerce Committee held the second of its opioid legislation markups, clearing 32 bills. The previous markup reported out 25…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 5 Feb 2018
The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rodney Frelinghuysen, announced he will retire at the end of his term. The 12-term New Jersey…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 29 Jan 2018
Republican leaders of the Senate Finance, House Energy & Commerce and House Ways & Means committees sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 24 Jul 2017
On July 19, the House Appropriations Committee held a markup on the FY 2018 Labor-HHS-Education bill and effectively used the bill to prevent the use…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 10 Apr 2017
On April 6, House Republicans attached an amendment to the American Health Care Act that would allocate $15 billion from the Patient and State…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 27 Feb 2017
On Friday, Feb. 24, a draft House Republican repeal bill was leaked. The bill would remove the foundations of the ACA, the individual mandate…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 13 Feb 2017
On Feb. 7, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved two bills making minor changes to Medicaid. H.R. 829 would require states to…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 23 Jan 2017
CBO releases a report on the blueprint of the Republicans’ repeal plan and Republicans call it incomplete. The HELP Committee holds a hearing on Rep…
McGuireWoods LLP | USA | 26 Sep 2016
The Continuing Access to Hospitals Act (H.R. 5613) exempts small rural hospitals and critical access hospitals from rules that require direct…