Clock is ticking for Congress’ health care bills

Politico August 2, 2023
By Erin Schumaker, and Daniel Payne

CONGRESS COUNTDOWN ON HEALTH BILLS — House and Senate panels have advanced more than a dozen health care bills this year, POLITICO’s Megan R. Wilson reports.

The proposals are a mix of health policy reforms and reauthorizations of health programs that expire on Sept. 30.

Although most have been bipartisan, differences in size and scope threaten to bog down their passage unless policymakers can reconcile their differences.

And it’s all happening against the backdrop of ongoing budget negotiations needed to avert a government shutdown and other reauthorizations — amid a limited number of legislative days.

Here are some highlights:

— In the House, overlapping jurisdictions among the Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce committees have...

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