President Withdraws Casey Means Surgeon General Nomination – President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Casey Means, MD for surgeon general. Means’ nomination had stalled in the Senate, with Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) and Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) declining to …
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House Passes Three Health Bills – The House of Representatives passed three healthcare related bills last week. R. 3419 would reauthorize the Telehealth Network Grant Program and Telehealth Resource Centers. The bill was passed by voice vote. R. 2319, the Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act, would require the U.S. Department of Health and …
Thune Confirms Narrowly-Focused Plan for Reconciliation – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has stated that Senate Republicans do not plan to include changes to the Medicare or Medicaid programs in the next budget reconciliation package. The reconciliation bill will instead focus on ending the partial government shutdown currently impacting the Department of Homeland Security …
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