March 8, 2021 With the Saturday passage in the Senate (on a 50-49 party-line vote) of a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, Congress is on track to complete the
January 15, 2021 The following alert is from The Council’s government affairs team. Yesterday afternoon, the incoming Biden Administration released the outline of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that
June 20, 2019 Our legal team at Steptoe & Johnson tracks healthcare reform bills in the 116th Congress. These documents are updated as of June 14. Federal Healthcare Reform Tracker.
June 20, 2019 The Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Wednesday, June 12, digging into universal healthcare coverage. The intent of the hearing was to understand the
Surprise Medical Billing Broad bipartisan support from the Trump administration as well as Congress has created momentum around surprise medical billing. Earlier this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee
April 18, 2019 Joel Wood, SVP, Government Affairs and Joel Kopperud, VP, Government Affairs, give us the lowdown on AHPs, the ACA, Medicare for All and drug pricing—and what we can
February 25, 2019 Our legal team at Steptoe & Johnson is tracking healthcare reform bills as they are introduced in the 116th Congress. Recent updates are noted in the top
December 17, 2018 U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, appointee of President George W. Bush, ruled on Friday that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional now that Congress eliminated a
December 5, 2018 The Departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services recently released four new Section 1332 “waiver concepts” to illustrate how states might take advantage of recently-released guidance
December 5, 2018 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a notice extending certain due dates for 2018 ACA information reporting to individuals under Sections 6055 and 6056 of the
