House to Vote on Repeal of the Affordable Care Act; Hearings Continue on Medicare Payment Reform (0)
5/14/13 •
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on H.R. 45, legislation that would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The repeal is expected to pass the House, but is not expected to be taken up by the Senate, which is controlled by the Democrats. Therefore this is more of a symbolic vote [...]
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What GIs Need to Know About President Obama’s Budget Proposal (0)
4/16/13 •
President Obama released his fiscal year 2014 budget, which outlines his blueprint for reducing the deficit by $1.8 trillion over the next decade as well as other funding priorities. The budget assumes the elimination of the $1.2 trillion in automatic sequestration spending cuts, but keeps in place the budget limits agreed to, as outlined in [...]
Congress Approves Continuing Resolution, Avoids Government Shutdown (0)
3/26/13 •
Before the House and Senate adjourned for their spring recess, they passed H.R. 933, the fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution (CR), which funds the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. The CR left intact the budget sequestration levels that went into effect on March 1, 2013, despite efforts to amend some of the spending [...]
AGA Applauds Senate Amendment to Repeal Medical Device Tax (0)
3/22/13 •
The Senate is in the midst of debating their fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget resolution, which sets a blueprint for spending priorities. The resolution has nearly 130 proposed amendments. The Senate approved by a vote of 79-20 an amendment sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT, that would repeal the medical device tax. AGA opposes this [...]
As Sequestration Sinks In, Old Budget Battles Resume (0)
3/12/13 •
On March 1, President Obama signed an order officially implementing the sequester, which cut $85.3 billion from government agencies, half of which was taken from defense programs ($42.7 billion). The other half of the sequestered amount comes from non-defense programs — $16.9 billion from mandatory programs, like Medicare, and $25.8 billion from discretionary programs, like [...]
