by Jordana Choucair | Dec 23, 2021 | D.C. News
The Supreme Court said it will fast-track a review of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination rules for private employers and health care workers, with oral arguments set for January 7. The mandates are still working their way through the lower courts,...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 21, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden will announce today that his administration is purchasing half a billion rapid tests. The first shipment will arrive in January, after which Americans will be able to get tests delivered by mail to them for free via a federal website. The president...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | D.C. News
Senator Joe Manchin said he will not vote for the Build Back Better Act, effectively ending negotiations on the legislation that would expand the nation’s social safety net. Manchin has always been a key holdout on the legislation, sharing concerns over certain...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 17, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden acknowledged that negotiations over his Build Back Better bill are poised to drag on into 2022 despite efforts to get it done before Christmas. “It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 16, 2021 | D.C. News
A federal appeals court effectively revived the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health workers at hospitals that receive federal funding in roughly half of the U.S. The procedural ruling by the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 14, 2021 | D.C. News
Democratic senators dropped House-passed cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments in their version of the social spending bill. The House bill would have reduced payments, which go to hospitals in the 12 states that haven’t expanded...
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