What providers and insurers can expect from the latest COVID-19 relief bill
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The House is poised to pass a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill this week with several provisions likely to benefit healthcare providers and insurers.
The package appears to be a major win for the health insurance industry, with billions of dollars in subsidies to help laid-off workers keep their coverage. Meanwhile, hospitals were denied most of the additional relief they requested to deal with the pandemic s financial pressures.
House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday he expects the lower chamber to vote on the package Wednesday, the last step before making it to the desk of President Joe Biden.
Senators Durbin and Grassley re-introduce Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act
Back in 2019, I was pleased to be able to blog here about a legialative effort to prohibit judicial reliance on acquitted conduct in the federal sentencing system. I am now pleased to now be able to again highlight that Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Grassley are again the bipartisan sponsors of the latest version of the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act. This March 4 press release from Senator Durbin s office provides these details:
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the lead sponsors of the landmark
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 9:15 AM Courtesy Photo / U.S. Senate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Seizing on anti-immigrant fervor popular with the Trump base, Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday sponsored an amendment to the pending COVID-19 relief bill to block undocumented immigrants from receiving its $1,400 stimulus checks. “The question for the American people to answer is, should your money, should taxpayer money, be sent $1,400 to every illegal alien in America?” Cruz, R-Texas, asked during debate on his amendment, which was ultimately rejected. Cruz, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, should be smart enough to figure out why his proposal was slapped down for the political theater it was. Here s the deal: undocumented immigrants don t have social security numbers, which means the
Third Stimulus Check: Will Illegal Immigrants Receive $1,400 Payments?
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., slammed Cruz’s proposal
Mixed-status households could still receive relief payments
With the Senate passing President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Saturday, many are wondering whether undocumented immigrants will also be receiving $1,400 stimulus checks. Senators were quick to clarify who will be getting direct payments.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Saturday introduced an amendment to the COVID-19 relief bill barring undocumented immigrants from receiving stimulus payments. He claimed every illegal alien will be recipients of the $1,400 checks.
“This amendment before us today provides that the stimulus checks should not go to illegal aliens in this country,” Cruz said as he introduced the amendment. “The question for the American people to answer is, should your money, should taxpayer money, be sent, $1,400, to every i