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  • 1 day ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Durkin |Rachel Zhang |Erik Wasson

    A Republican plan to cut $250 billion in Medicaid and other health care spending hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Thursday, complicating efforts to pass Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package. The Senate’s legislative rules-keeper judged a series of key health care provisions in the legislation ineligible for a special procedure Republicans are using to bypass the Senate’s normal process so they avoid making concessions to Democrats.

  • 1 day ago | bloomberg.com | Rachel Zhang |Erik Wasson |Erin Durkin

    Demonstrators during a markup of US President Donald Trump's tax package in Washington on May 13. (Bloomberg) -- A Republican plan to cut $250 billion in Medicaid and other health-care spending hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Thursday, complicating efforts to pass Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package.

  • 1 day ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Durkin

    A provision that would limit states’ use of provider taxes in financing their portion of Medicaid was deemed to violate Senate rules for Republicans’ broad tax and spending bill, according to an emailed release from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The decision by Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough is a blow to GOP efforts to vote on the measure under expedited reconciliation rules that don’t require Democratic support.

  • 1 day ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Durkin

    Provisions that could ultimately make some Affordable Care Act plans more expensive for individuals can’t be in Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending bill under Senate rules, according to an early Thursday release from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

  • 1 day ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Erin Durkin

    Provisions that could ultimately make some Affordable Care Act plans more expensive for individuals can’t be in Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending bill under Senate rules, according to an early Thursday release from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

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