Manatt Health January 10, 2018
Congress returned from recess with a large agenda for the new year. The federal government is only funded through January 19 and the next funding bill is expected to carry with it longer-term extensions of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), community health center funding and other programs that will lapse without further action, as well as delay of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. A key question looking beyond January is whether Republicans will continue to pursue Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace efforts and/or tackle entitlement reform—including major changes to Medicaid—or whether Congress will move on to focus on other priorities. The election of Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) reduced the Senate...
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