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Pharmacy PHA

Drug Pricing;

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Vice President of the U.S.; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

833; Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Cadillac Tax; Tax Credits HR 173 Middle Class Health Benefit Tax Repeal Act Introduced January 3, 2-17 by Mike Kelly (R-PA) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage; S.183 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) Short on Competition Act Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (Introduced 01/20/2017)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; White House Office; Vice President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), S. 183 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Regulations; Postal Reform; American Health Care Act (ACHA); Health Care Reform; Health Savings Accounts (HSAs); Reinsurance; Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs); Implementation; Special Needs Plans (SNP); Third Party Payment of Premiums (TPP); Repeal and Replace; Drug Pricing; Risk Ratios; Individual Market Reform; Market Stability; Marketplace Certainty Act; Mental Health Parity; 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters; Grace Periods; SEPs; Senate Health Reform Bill(AHCA); Preventive Services; Association Health Plans; Reinsurance; H.R.173 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] (Introduced 01/03/2017) H.R.246 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] (Introduced 01/04/2017) H.R.2575 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) BENES Act of 2017Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 05/19/2017) H.R.1628 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) American Health Care Act of 2017 Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (Introduced 03/20/2017) S.1354 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) Individual Health Insurance Marketplace Improvement Act Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] (Introduced 06/14/2017)

Contacted: White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), S. 1354 (115th), H.R. 246 (115th), H.R. 2575 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

CHIP Reform; Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); Rate Notice and Call Letter; Postal Reform; Medigap; Site Neutral Payments; Medicare Advantage; SNPs; H.R.756 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) Postal Service Reform Act of 2017Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3] (Introduced 01/31/2017) H.R.2575 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) BENES Act of 2017Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 05/19/2017) H.R.3780 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) Air Ambulance Quality and Accountability Act Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] (Introduced 09/14/2017) H.R.3921 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) HEALTHY KIDS Act Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-H.R.1148 - 115th Congress (2017-2018) FAST Act of 2017Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (Introduced 02/16/2017)TX-26] (Introduced 10/03/2017)

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Vice President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3780 (115th), H.R. 1148 (115th), H.R. 3921 (115th), H.R. 756 (115th), H.R. 2575 (115th)