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Debt ceiling deal claws back COVID-19 money |
House Republicans are racing to build support for a compromise bill to raise the debt ceiling. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden can both point to health wins in the bill, though its full impact isn't known yet. |
The deal before Congress would claw back about $30 billion in unspent COVID-19 funds from federal agencies. This gives Republicans a major political win, as they have repeatedly pressed the White House for a full accounting of how the COVID-19 pandemic funds have been spent — and have refused to give the administration more money.
What's not totally clear yet is just what the unspent money would have been used for, as the White House has not publicly clarified the specific areas where the cuts will come from.
Public health experts said without more details, it will be tough to say exactly what specific impacts the funding rescissions will have. What is clear is the relatively small impact the COVID funds have compared with the country's current $925 billion deficit. Left untouched will be roughly $5 billion in funding to develop next-generation coronavirus vaccines and treatments. There will also be money available to help pay for the uninsured to access those vaccines and treatments on the commercial market.
The legislation also won't impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. That was a red line for the White House, and the Congressional Budget Office estimated the policy would have resulted in roughly 600,000 people losing health coverage.
But it would tweak existing work rules for the federal food stamp program, as well as on families who use welfare benefits.
The food stamp provision will raise the work requirement age limit from 49 to 54 for people without dependents.
Changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families will require states to ensure that a higher percentage of their welfare beneficiaries are working.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday voiced his strong and unequivocal support for the deal unveiled over the weekend by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to raise the federal debt limit through January 2025 and cap spending over the next two years. Schumer urged the House to quickly approve the bill and promised he will try to move it through the Senate as quickly as possible. … |
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| A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. Under the plan approved Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, which would become … |
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Cases of a little-known respiratory virus that causes common cold-like symptoms surged this spring in the U.S., according to recently released data. Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has garnered increased attention after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a higher-than-normal number of cases this past spring. The CDC reported that at the peak of the virus in mid-March, nearly 11 percent of PCR tests … |
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Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says |
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday. Norovirus and salmonella, germs that can cause severe illness, were the most common cause of 800 outbreaks, which encompassed 875 restaurants … | |
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Cancer Care Access & Equity: Breaking Barriers to Innovation, June 8, 2-3 p.m. ET |
We live in a groundbreaking era of innovation in oncology, yet cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in the United States. What obstacles stand in the way of optimal cancer care? The Hill will bring together policymakers, health experts and patient advocates to discuss the changes to the cancer care delivery system, with the following speakers: Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), Co-Chair of the Cancer Caucus and member of the House Ways & Means Committee; Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Co-Chair of the Cancer Caucus and Senior Member of the House Ways & Means Committee; and Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society. |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- ACLU files lawsuit challenging Nebraska's abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care (KETV)
- Minnesota governor signs bill legalizing recreational marijuana (The Hill)
- This Alabama health clinic is under threat. It doesn't provide abortions (Politico)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren probes abortion access amid states' patchwork plans (Stat)
- With psych wards full, mentally ill accused of crimes languish in jail (Wall Street Journal)
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Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) on Tuesday became the first Republican to publicly support ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over the debt ceiling … Read more |
| Former President Trump is returning to his calls to remove birthright citizenship, with his 2024 White House campaign announcing Tuesday he would seek … Read more |
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