Health On The Hill: Lawmakers Return To Wrangle Over Health Law, 1099 Repeal Funding

KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Politico Pro’s David Nather about developments on the Hill. This week: As Congress returns to Washington, funding for implementation of the health law is expected to pay a major role in the debate over funding the federal government beyond April 8 when the current continuing resolution expires. Separately, House and Senate lawmakers remain at odds over how to finance the repeal of a paperwork provision in the health law known as the “1099” provision that has drawn criticism from small business groups.

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<h1>Health On The Hill: Lawmakers Return To Wrangle Over Health Law, 1099 Repeal Funding</h1>
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			March 28, 2011		</time>
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<p>KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey talks with Politico Pro’s David Nather about developments on the Hill. This week: As Congress returns to Washington, funding for implementation of the health law is expected to pay a major role in the debate over funding the federal government beyond April 8 when the current continuing resolution expires. Separately, House and Senate lawmakers remain at odds over how to finance the repeal of a paperwork provision in the health law known as the “1099” provision that has drawn criticism from small business groups.</p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/03/032811_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">        <strong>Listen to the audio version</strong> </a>      <strong> (.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/D42358DB-1BCF-4B9D-BD4B-A49B5AFE817A">read the transcript</a>.</strong> </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Health%20On%20The%20Hill%3A%20Lawmakers%20Return%20To%20Wrangle%20Over%20Health%20Law%2C%201099%20Repeal%20Funding&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F032811-health-on-the-hill%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/032811-health-on-the-hill/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10077&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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