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The House version of President Biden's $1.7 trillion social spending package includes DSH cuts for hospitals in states that haven't expanded Medicaid.
Providers speak out against 340B drug pricing cuts of nearly 30%.
Providers and others applaud Brooks-LaSure’s work on the ACA and her advocacy on health equity issues and for the underserved.
Chiquita Brooks LaSure The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to lead CMS Tuesday, giving the agency a permanent leader at a key moment for the administration. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, who worked for the Obama administration and helped implement the Affordable Care Act, will oversee the agency's efforts to expand the healthcare law, set the overall policy agenda for Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The nomination was approved 55-44 with four Republicans voting yes: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins of Maine, Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Jer...
“Senator Cornyn placed the hold after the Biden Administration decided to play political chicken with uninsured Texans’ healthcare,” a Cornyn spokesperson said at the time. Biden’s CMS argued that the Trump administration did not give the required time for public comment on the waiver. Texas responded to the decision by filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration. ADVERTISEMENT Brooks-LaSure had not been confirmed when the Medicaid waiver was rescinded, so she had not participated in the decision. The Senate Finance Committee previously was divided on whether to move her...