Politico September 4, 2024
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OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY — With a tightly divided and historically unproductive Congress since early last year, states are still taking plenty of action on health care legislation.
So far, this Congress has enacted more bills that rename post offices (seven) and VA clinics (five) than bills that address health care (10) — none of which gave rise to major policy changes, except for a restructuring of the organ transplant system. More substantive lawmaking, including adding transparency requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, could come post-election.
Tahra Johnson, director of the National Conference of State Legislatures’ health program, said the number of health care-related bills has doubled since 2018.
With most state legislatures having wrapped up their work for...
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