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The Massive Story
Senate Democrats demand solutions on rural well being fund
Greater than a dozen senators are calling for solutions on how the Trump administration plans to make use of tens of millions of {dollars} of a rural well being “slush fund” included within the large tax reduce regulation.
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A bunch of 16 Democratic senators led by Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) accused Republicans of utilizing the $50 billion rural well being program to purchase votes for President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package deal.
The cash is supposed to ease the burden of the regulation’s Medicaid cuts on rural hospitals. It helped assuage issues of key senators, together with Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).
The Democrats requested the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies (CMS) for readability and steerage on the fund in a letter despatched Friday whereas additionally bashing it as a “wholly insufficient to plug the massive hole created by the Big, Ugly Betrayal.”
The regulation was paid for largely with about $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, the most important for the reason that program’s creation.
“We are alarmed by reports suggesting these taxpayer funds are already promised to Republican members of Congress in exchange for their votes in support of the Big, Ugly Betrayal,” the letter reads. “In addition, the vague legislative language creating this fund will seemingly function as your personal fund to be distributed according to your political whims.”
The fund won’t make direct funds to rural hospitals. As an alternative, $25 billion will go to all states after they file “rural health transformation plans” which then should be authorized by CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz.
CMS should decide on approving the plans by the tip of the 12 months.
Learn extra from The Hill’s Joseph Choi right here.
Welcome to The Hill’s Well being Care publication, we’re Nathaniel Weixel, Joseph Choi and Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech — each week we observe the newest strikes on how Washington impacts your well being.
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Important Reads
How coverage shall be impacting the well being care sector this week and past:
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The Trump administration requested the Supreme Court docket on Thursday to permit it to proceed shifting ahead with canceling Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH) grants over their connections to range initiatives. The Division of Justice (DOJ) requested the courtroom for an emergency keep that might cease Boston-based U.S. District Decide William Younger’s ruling final month, which halted the cancellation and compelled the federal government to reinstate a number of of the grants.
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The specter of rabies is turning into better within the U.S., with public well being officers warning folks to remain secure and shield themselves and their pets from the lethal illness. Nassau County in Lengthy Island, N.Y., declared a public well being menace because of the unfold of rabies in wild animals, with 25 confirmed instances previously 12 months, together with raccoons and feral cats. Close by Suffolk County additionally reported the primary two instances of rabies …
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In Different Information
Department out with a distinct learn:
Texas lawsuit challenges telehealth abortions, citing Comstock Act
A Texas man is suing a California physician for allegedly offering his girlfriend with abortion medicine. The lawsuit—a civil criticism filed within the federal courtroom for the Southern District of Texas—accuses a doctor named Remy Coeytaux of violating state and federal legal guidelines by mailing abortion tablets to “murder” the “unborn child” of the plaintiff, Jerry Rodriguez. That is the primary particular person criticism regarding …
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Across the Nation
Native and state headlines on well being care:
Deliberate Parenthood completely closes 5 northern California well being facilities (ABC)
Texas hospitals, clinics spared the worst of GOP Medicaid cuts. An anticipated rise within the uninsured fee may change that (The Texas Tribune)
New Hampshire is the primary state to require docs to observe sufferers’ needs on sterilization (NHPR)
What We’re Studying
Well being information we have flagged from different retailers:
The variety of household caregivers is surging (The nineteenth)
Trump order pushes compelled hospitalization of homeless folks (The Washington Put up)
Trump voters needed reduction from medical payments. For tens of millions, the payments are about to get larger (KFF Well being Information)
What Individuals Suppose
Opinions associated to well being submitted to The Hill:
The FDA should be modernized for the period of customized drugs
Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs will dig America deeper into medical debt
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