A prolonged shutdown over Affordable Care Act premium subsidies disrupted the appropriations process and any bipartisan health care discussions, throwing the fall legislative session into uncertainty.
While that has dominated Congress’s attention, priorities such as a pharmacy benefit manager overhaul, health care price transparency, Medicare Advantage “upcoding,” hospital payments, and the 340B Drug Pricing Program remain key for lawmakers.
Watch our recorded webinar to hear CQ’s award-winning newsroom unpack what to expect in healthcare policy for the rest of the fall legislative session.
Our healthcare reporters are at the forefront of federal health care policy and will discuss:
- Legislative priorities Congress aims to address before the end of the fiscal year
- The outlook for federal healthcare spending, including remaining appropriations processes
- Expiring provisions Congress has yet to address
- Implications of the shutdown on lawmakers’ priorities and plans
Panelists
- Lia DeGroot, Health Policy Reporter
- Sandhya Raman, Health Policy Reporter
- Jessie Hellmann, Health Policy Reporter
- Moderated by Jessica Wehrman, Managing Editor of Politics and Leadership
