State Health Insurance Assistance Program
Key Senate Committee Considers Funding for Community-Based Programs
Recently the Senate Appropriations Committee announced legislation funding the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education. This legislation outlines discretionary spending limits allowable to HHS as well as recommendations from the Congress on how the money is allocated within agencies and programs. This is an annual process dictating spending levels for the […]
Read MoreHouse Approves Labor-HHS Spending Blueprint for FY2020
Last week the House of Representatives approved legislation that provides discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In total, H.R. 2740 would dole out a combined $192 billion for the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education, and their related agencies. Every year in the appropriations process specific funding levels need to […]
Read MoreHouse Approves Funding for Key Home Health Programs
On Wednesday, September 27th, the House of Representatives approved legislation funding much of the government for Fiscal Year 2019, and moving the deadline for the rest to early December, after the mid-term elections. The legislation, H.R. 6157, was largely the appropriations bill for the Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Departments. In total, […]
Read MoreSenate Approves Funding for Home Care Programs
On August 23rd, the Senate approved an appropriations package for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education, and other related agencies. In total, the package totaled $854 billion in spending, accounting for approximately 60 percent of spending on all appropriations bills. This marks the first time since 2007 that the Senate […]
Read MoreSenators Call for Robust Funding of State Health Insurance Assistance Program
A group of 24 United States Senators have written a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, calling for the inclusion of at least $52.1 million for the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), which provides a range of valuable services to Medicare beneficiaries and people nearing Medicare eligibility. State […]
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