In a previous version of the resolution, scrapped by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Republicans had objected to measures that would have funded a new Prevention and Public Health Fund, an “adjustment” to CMS’s Program Management account, an increase to HHS to enforce new mandates and regulations and a national healthcare workforce commission.
The new version contains only one HHS program, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but provides a small increase of $1.16 billion for government programs over fiscal 2010 levels.
The Senate is expected to vote on a procedural motion on Tuesday to advance the resolution to a final vote. The government is currently running on a three-day continuing resolution that expires Tuesday.
Read The Hill report on funding healthcare reform.
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– GOP Will Target Independent Payment Advisory Board, Comparative Effectiveness Research in Reform Law
– 6 Ways Republicans Plan to Chip Away at Reform Law After Election
– GOP Strategist Targets Parts of Reform Law, Including Assignment to ACOs
