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House passes health employee violence protection bill
House passes health employee violence protection bill
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that will create a minimum standard for health employers plans to combat violence against their workers.
In a 254-166 vote, lawmakers approved basing the standard on voluntary guidelines created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2015. Under the bill, employers would need to create training programs, investigation procedures and track violent incidents against workers, with more specific regulations coming through OSHA rulemaking over the next three years.
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WASHINGTON The House voted 384-38 Tuesday evening to rescind one of two scheduled Medicare cuts, sending the bill on to President Biden for his signature. Today the house meets on the heels of huge milestones for our country more than 180 million vaccine shots in American arms, and more than 150 million rescue checks in Americans bank accounts, said Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), chairman of the House Budget Committee. Today s legislation will ensure our healthcare providers who have been on the front lines of this pandemic are supported during this difficult time.
The measure addresses one of the two budget cuts the Medicare program is facing. One cut, part of the normal budget process, is a 2% or $18 billion cut in the projected Medicare budget under a process known as sequestration. Sequestration allows for prespecified cuts in projected agency budget increases if Congress can t agree on their own cuts. Medicare s budget had been slated fo
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The House passed legislation on Tuesday to extend a moratorium for the rest of the year to ensure that a 2% cut to Medicare payments doesn t go back into effect. (Stephen Emlund/Getty Images)(Stephen Emlund / GettyImages)
The House overwhelmingly passed legislation to pause cuts to Medicare payments to help providers still facing financial challenges due to COVID-19.
The House passed the legislation 384-38 on Tuesday that pauses a 2% cut on Medicare payments through the rest of the year. The cuts, created originally under the sequester, were paused by Congress last year due to the pandemic.
The legislation now heads to the White House, where President Biden is expected to sign it.