- Lobbyists are coming out of the woodwork – spending more than $42 million over the last quarter — on a battle over whether Medicare should reduce what it pays for drugs at hospitals that primarily serve low-income patients.
- Massachusetts has passed its own guarantee of no-cost contraceptives for women, after the Trump administration rolled back the federal health law provision.
- The health law’s individual mandate is front and center in the tax debate, but it’s not clear how the Senate will come down on it. Some GOP moderates are suggesting that they might support the repeal if another bill to help stabilize the individual insurance market is approved. Yet at the same time, the White House is signaling that it might be fine dropping the mandate.
- Of course, if Congress opts not to tackle the mandate, the White House could take some actions later to neutralize the provision. That could add another log on the fire as critics seek help through the courts to stop administration actions.
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