By Elizabeth Carpenter Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up is our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Stakeholders await more details on the Medicaid primary care… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Study Projects More Coal Plant Retirements, But Are EPA Regulations To Blame?
Posted in Energy PolicyBy Andrew Shaw Earlier this month, The Brattle Group released a discussion paper, which projects that approximately 59 GW to 77 GW of coal plant capacity is likely to be retired by 2016. The report notes that these estimates are about 25 GW higher than the retirement levels Brattle estimated in its December 2010 analysis…. Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: More Questions for HHS
Posted in Health PolicyBy Elizabeth Carpenter Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up is our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, a group of Republican Senators sent… Continue Reading
2012 Congressional Lame Duck Session: Webinar Summary and Recording
Posted in 2012 Elections, Appropriations, Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), National Security & Defense, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley A momentous session of Congress looms ahead… We are carefully watching developments in advance of the elections to gauge likely directions once voters have spoken. There won’t be much time—or open deliberation—once the Lame Duck begins. Most decisions, if there are any, will come as a result of closed door meetings between Congressional leaders… Continue Reading
In Rare Use of Opinion Procedure Release, DOJ Opines on Who is a “Foreign Official” under the FCPA
Posted in Government EthicsBy David Fine The Justice Department recently issued an opinion procedure release on the question of who is a “foreign official” under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The DOJ determined that a member of a royal family of a foreign country was not a foreign official simply by dint of his membership in the royal family,… Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: Exchange Blueprints Deadline Approaching
Posted in Health PolicyBy Elizabeth Carpenter Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up is our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. With Congress on recess and agency action remaining… Continue Reading
2012 Congressional Lame Duck Session: Webinar Notice
Posted in 2012 Elections, Budget, Congress, Legislation (Federal), National Security & Defense, Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley With the 2012 Congressional lame duck session fast approaching, there are a number of important issues for which public and private sector actors should be prepared. To help look more deeply into these topics, including a budget overview, sequestration, defense authorization legislation, taxes, and the implications of the Presidential and Senate elections, we… Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: Exchange Developments Continue
Posted in Health PolicyBy Elizabeth Carpenter Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up is our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. The “Gang of 6″ appear to be resuming… Continue Reading
Debate Focuses on Candidates’ Tax Plans: Kiss Those Itemized Deductions Goodbye?
Posted in Tax PolicyBy Joe Dowley The first Presidential debate included a good deal of focus on the tax reform plans of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama and exposed a concept common to both that some might have missed in the hard-charging exchanges. If you itemize your deductions, depending on the level of your income, you may want… Continue Reading
Weekly Health Policy Update: Several Seek Exchange Information from HHS
Posted in Health PolicyBy Elizabeth Carpenter Each week, our Health Policy team recaps recent health care developments in two reports, Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up and Health Insurance Exchanges: State of the States. Weekly Health Care Wrap-Up is our weekly look at regulatory developments affecting health care at the federal and state level. Last week, several letters seeking more information on… Continue Reading