Several big-ticket health items that progressives had sought in this legislation were left off, including new funding for home health care and a popular provision to lower consumers’ out-of-pocket costs for insulin.That means a renewal of those subsidies will not become a 2024 campaign issue. The outline of the new Senate legislation, however, would extend those premium enhancements for three years, a year longer than what Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had previously agreed on.Manchin previously said he’d sign on to Senate Democrats’ plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and keep the enhancements to premium subsidies for health policies purchased on the Affordable Health Care marketplaces. The blockbuster announcement late Wednesday that Manchin had changed his mind and was willing to support a broader party-line bill to fund some of the president’s key priorities did not unveil any major changes to the health provisions agreed to earlier.This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KHN, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.Īmong the takeaways from this week’s episode:
Meanwhile, the Biden administration restored anti-discrimination protections in health care for LGBTQ+ individuals that the Trump administration had rolled back, while the Affordable Care Act returned to court in Texas, this time to hear a case challenging the health law’s requirement for preventive benefits. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to expand the scope of the limited health bill that was headed to the Senate floor to also include climate change and some tax increases for corporations and certain wealthy Americans.īut the measure is still a fraction of what President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders had hoped for and does not include such high-profile health priorities as new Medicare benefits or expanded eligibility for insurance for people in states that did not opt to expand the Medicaid program. In a surprise move, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced an agreement with Sen.
The Democrats’ on-again, off-again budget bill is apparently on again, and it’s bigger than expected. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast.
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