LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY UPDATE
Week in Brief
The House Ways and Means Committee Passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and CMS Administrator Seema Verma Addresses the Future of Medicaid.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
November 6
Tax Reform: The House Ways & Means Committee Holds a Markup of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Issues an Opening Statement. Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Introduces an Amendment to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Open Enrollment: Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Issue a Statement Requesting Information on 2017 Open Enrollment Advertising Decisions.
November 7
Tax Reform: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) Issues a Statement on the House Tax Bill.
Medicaid Waivers: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Issue Statements on CMS Proposed Changes to Medicaid Waivers.
November 8
Alternative Payment Models: The House Energy & Commerce Committee Holds a Hearing Entitled MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options for Value-based Care. House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) Issues an Opening Statement.
Tax Reform: Senate Finance Committee Republican Members Issue a Statement on Tax Reform.
November 9
Tax Reform: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Issues a Statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Tax Reform: The House Ways and Means Committee Passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) Issues Remarks on an Amendment He Authored.
November 10
Tax Reform: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Issues a Statement Regarding Tax Reform on the Floor of the Senate.
REGULATORY UPDATE
Department of Health and Human Services
November 7
Medicaid: CMS Administrator Seema Verma Addresses the Future of Medicaid.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Congressional Hearings
Senate Finance Committee
Markup of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
• November 13, 2017 | 3:00p.m.
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senate HELP Committee
Gene Editing Technology: Innovation and Impact
• November 14, 2017 | 10:00a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senate HELP Committee
Encouraging Healthy Communities: Perspectives from the Surgeon General
• November 15, 2017 | 10:00a.m.
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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