Federal Budget

Many aspects of the federal budget affect how Massachusetts hospitals, health systems and other care providers are reimbursed for care provided to patients insured by Medicare or Medicaid, or who qualify for other public health assistance from the federal government. MHA works with our congressional delegation and others to secure the best possible federal funding options for Massachusetts hospitals and other care providers. 
02.19.2018  | The Trump HHS Budget for Fiscal 2019
Last Monday, the Trump Administration released its FY2019 budget proposal.
02.12.2018  | Health Priorities in Federal Budget Bill
The federal budget package which passed last week after an hours-long government shutdown includes many important healthcare provisions.
02.05.2018  | Will the New Spending Bill Once Again Target Medicare?
Hospitals are concerned that negotiations over how to raise budget caps may result in further Medicare cuts.
01.29.2018  | CHIP and the Short-Lived Shutdown
The three-day government shutdown came to an end last Monday when Congress passed a continuing resolution package.
01.18.2018  | What’s On Tap on Capitol Hill
In Washington, the Senate returned last week and the House follows this week.
12.11.2017  | Current, and Future, Tax Bill Concerns
The House and Senate tax bills now moving to conference committee each contain provisions that are of concern to hospitals.
11.20.2017  | Yet Another Attempt to Dismantle the ACA
The U.S. House passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill last Thursday while the U.S. Senate continued work on its own tax cut proposal.
11.13.2017  | Congressional Tax Plan Affects Healthcare
Congressional focus on a tax cut package has moved forward quickly following the initial release last week by the House Ways and Means Committee.
11.13.2017  | Congressional Tax Plan Affects Healthcare
Congressional focus on a tax cut package has moved forward quickly following the initial release last week by the House Ways and Means Committee.
10.03.2017  | SB499-HB536, HB502 Contraceptive Coverage, Interpreter Services
MHA supports SB499/HB536 which seeks to guarantee women access to preventive health care, including contraception coverage, without co-pays. MHA strongly supports HB502, which requires MassHealth, its contractors, and all private insurers to adequa
08.21.2017  | CBO Report: Short-Term, Long-Term Effects of Subsidy Cuts
If the Trump Administration ends the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reductions that help insurance companies provide lower income people with more affordable plans, premiums for that population would increase 20% in 2018, and the number of uninsu
07.03.2017  | Mass. Stands to Lose Billions and Increase Uninsured Under BCRA
The U.S. Senate Republican leadership was reported to be putting its rewrite of its healthcare reform bill back on the fast track.
06.05.2017  | Correction
Last week’s Monday Report incorrectly identified the interim director of Health Care For All.
06.05.2017  | A Unified Hospital-Political Front Against NIH Cuts
The benefits of funding from the National Institutes of Health run from seeding the research that helps cure disease to strengthening the national life sciences sector.
06.05.2017  | Smuggling Drugs Into Hospitals?
One aspect of the opioid crisis that is affecting the hospital community specifically involves patients caught so firmly in the grip of substance use disorder.
05.29.2017  | TRANSITION: HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
Amy Rosenthal has been named executive director of Health Care for All, effective June 26.
05.29.2017  | TRUMP PROPOSED BUDGET SLASHES MEDICAID, NIH FUNDING
On Tuesday the Trump Administration issued its FY2018 budget proposal that would slash programs covering low-income adults and children, as well as programs funding medical research.
05.29.2017  | SENATE OKs LONG-SOUGHT STUDY ON INSURER “BAGGING”
The Massachusetts Senate wrapped up its deliberation on more than 1,000 proposed amendments to its FY2018 budget proposal on Thursday night.
05.29.2017  | CBO SCORES GOP HEALTH CARE ACT: 23 MILLION MORE UNINSURED
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on May 24 issued its analysis of the Republican-drafted American Health Care Act (AHCA) H.R. 1628, which the U.S. House had passed on May 4.
03.26.2017  | Federal FY18 Appropriations Package Passes Congress
On Friday, President Trump signed an appropriations act that would fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year.

Resources

Click on the links below for easy access to information on important federal healthcare matters and MHA’s advocacy, outreach and other work on these issues.

Both of these include links to members list, committees, and legislation and records.